There's a lively comment section down below on AI that deserves a follow-up to draw out some metaphysics. The 20th century thought it wa...

The autumnal equinox will be, locally, a little after sunrise on Tuesday. This is therefore the last weekend of summer. For Tolkien, embedde...

CBS must have decided that “assault weapons” wasn’t working any more, because they’ve come up with another fake name that they claim these ...

The Orthosphere argues that socialism is a system rather than any individual policy, and that both apparent acts of socialism and of author...

pic.twitter.com/4WWfgl8fcP — PsyopAnime (@PsyopAnime) September 16, 2026 I gather the cartoon is making fun of the latest direction of hate ...

Bill Gertz of the Washington Times is forwarding rumors of a serious illness or stroke involving Chairman Xi during his visit to India. No...

Writing on X, entrepreneur Arnaud Bertrand states that China has won the AI race because it has vastly more data centers already than the US...

Hunter S. Thompson, Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga (New York & Toronto: Modern Library Edition, 1999).  Hunter S. Thomp...

One of the longstanding differences between free and Communist societies is this: it's very easy to leave a free society, you can just g...

Like any good mythology , the truths the Conan stories convey hold across many times and places.

The White Duck Taco Shop's flagship location was a Quonset hut located on the French Broad River just a little past its confluence with ...

Hot Air quotes a supporter of the recent madness:  “Lindsay Clancy... you are a f****** hero, you are divine feminine rising… you are goddes...

Reports indicate that breaking up the Union has proceeded to the point that they’re ready to consult the public.  UPDATE: An overview of so...

Apparently sunset locally to wherever you are begins the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah , followed by Yom Kippur , the day of atonement, wi...

Overnight, Houthi militias crossed to the center of the Bab el-Mandeb strait and took an island in the middle of it. This is a cyberpunk st...

I guess everyone understands by now. 

The judge admonished Long for carrying the gun and told him he has to think before he acts. "Fortunately, you weren't injured, but ...

He was born 9/8/1897, so I'm a day late with this. Here's a few of his less well known songs.

The I-40 saga turns expensive, but they might be avoiding what the British like to call 'a false economy.' "Getting rid of the ...