Amidst ten days of constant rain, a brief break in time for the ceremony.  American Legion Post 104 conducts its annual memorial. 

I've mentioned the public library issues locally before now; it continues to be the flash point driving the culture war in these moun...

Pope Leo announced that the Church and Claude will be working together . 

 

One of the stories of Red America is how our cities leverage their wealth and power to strive against our way of life. Indiana in the 1980s ...

The worst predictions, at least, are being walked back. This is from lefty site Vox :  The world that [doomsday scenario] RCP 8.5 assumed wi...

I forget what number we're on, but it doesn't matter. This time I dispensed with the usual Ruger Single-Six, which is a .22 revolver...

Behind the Black is a good place to watch these launches. SpaceX morale is obviously over the top. Update: link fixed!

I am saddened to hear of DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s resignation to address her husband’s rare bone cancer. I wish them both the best of luck. Thank...

The US Department of Education posted this picture : A clever comment: A friend of mine described it to me as, "People working for the ...

James argues that AI is not really intelligence , and we should stop referring to it as such. Since what the systems do is a more like a pro...

This morning AVI links to a DataRepublican piece on an effort by unelected Republican donors to remake the American republic. AVI finds hi...

I think I've recommended the movie "True Confessions" here before, as a moving story of repentance and forgiveness thinly disg...

The White House has unveiled its 2026 Counterterrorism Strategy . There are some noteworthy improvements over previous editions of this stra...

This week, noted Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, usually known as AOC, visited Alabama's capital and gave a speech in which she ...

Just because Tom reminded me of it, here's a collection of links to the series we had here on the subject back in 2012. Many of the musi...

I don't know much about the history of country music, but I've found a long BBC special on it that's interesting. They interview...

For breakfast I made a version of C hiles Rellenos that I have developed over the years. It is not in any sense authentic to any Mexican, T...

I probably had a better time last weekend than on any occasion in decades. Partly this was due to excellent weather, and partly due to comin...

My oldest friend is at her mother's deathbed. A few days ago, when her mother was still fairly alert, my friend forgave her for any ling...