Quite an event , it turns out. Held annually at the Loretta Lynn Ranch about an hour outside Nashville.  The Pitbull’s name is Mufasa . He s...

Tennessee.  Surprisingly comfortable: I slept well.  

Sturm & Ruger has relocated from Connecticut to " gun-friendly North Carolina ." I can't speak for the whole state, but th...

The Central Intelligence Agency almost certainly doesn't have the legal authority to raid the office of the Director of National Intelli...

I don't know how painful this was, but it is objectively funny to watch Jake Tapper painstakingly explaining these references like we d...

This is not without plausibility . Teen drinking fell because the old physical world of adolescence got dismantled. Alcohol belonged to a so...

The courts are working through cases involving both the status of illegal immigrants and also the Second Amendment; this particular case tu...

How to Make the Trump Battleship Even Deadlier with this One Weird Trick .

 Seems legit ...

Speaking of genres I've never been clear on, here are a couple of videos on the history of these three styles. I did not realize how new...

I was curious about the flamenco guitars and techniques Eric mentioned, so here's some demonstration of some basic flamenco techniques. ...

That fire roasted corn was amazing. The sirloin was good too, but I wasn’t expecting the corn to be as delicious as it was. The bacon-wrappe...

Possibly never again; depends on future events. Definitely unprecedented . 

I won't spoil it; go see for yourself . 

An amusing video , clearly inspired by Fallout but with a sense of humor Range 15 fans might appreciate. 

Thanks to D29, who forwarded these remarks by Hall favorite Tulsi Gabbard to me . At one point in the remarks she tells a story about a deba...

A link I saw today mirrors a discussion Tom and I were having in a couple of the posts below. We were talking about piracy ; this is about r...

That tracks .  She's an interesting historian our of the University of Chicago, with books on Viking mythology including a series on Rag...

In conversation with AVI's thoughts on misinterpretations in the history of heredity where he brings up the natural philosopher, astrol...