Raven reminds us in the comments below that we ought to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord . On April...

The New York Times caught my eye with a story about a new study of sunken pirate treasure . Even here, though, they can't play it straig...

A lawyer who posts on X as "Shipwrecked Crew" represented a number of J6 defendants when scarcely any other lawyers would. He got ...

For the most part the preference has shifted to “Native American Tribe Nations,” but the local community still calls itself the Eastern Band...

Yesterday and today in Waynesville, a charming festival.  The bandstand, with mountain music all day. Another musical circle. Note the belt-...

On the hurdy-gurdy. 

Not that far  from here. 

In the lexicon of American strategic communications, 'propaganda' is defined as "enemy action to..." etc . As a result, Am...

The FPC is assisting a resident of Savannah, Georgia who is trying to get the city's restrictions on transporting firearms lifted. I thi...

The streams shall run in gladness, The lakes shall shine and burn. All sorrow fail and sadness At the Mountain King's return! His crown ...

I usually prefer transcripts, but for reasons that might be obvious the media has not elected to provide a transcript of this speech that I ...

While looking for one of Abbey's aphorisms yesterday, I discovered instead his Master of Arts' thesis . Like a good MA thesis it has...

The Pope has said that he thinks the war on/with Iran is unjust. Fr. Gerald Murray disagrees and offers an argument in favor of the war bei...

From the always-valuable U.S. Army W.T.F! Moments : As the comments wryly point out, the Army brass is interpreting this as the SECWAR givin...

Rabbi Shalom Landau : If you give out of guilt, don’t call it generosity. It’s emotional leakage. No wonder you feel used, resentful, and d...

Some fiction captures your imagination in childhood, never to be displaced. I have a vivid memory of a short, satirical science fiction stor...

Grim's Hall favorite Tulsi Gabbard gets a glowing review .

How did we get to this strange passage ? Even the Babylon Bee is making fun of the Pope now. My guess is that it started with the Pope meet...

CATO favors immigration, as libertarians normally do; they therefore intend this as a criticism, not an endorsement.  Asylum seekers enteri...

The Senate Committee on Homeland Security will be holding a hearing on the Second Amendment this morning . [UPDATE: April 15th] The head of...