I don't think this is the song I was thinking of yesterday, but it's a good pairing. I remember liking the smell of gasoline around ...

So after this weekend's successful ride to and from the Stone Mountain Games, into Atlanta traffic down superhighways, my son came home ...

The Lord giveth, the Lord taketh away . The Catholic priest who was killed by a falling crucifix over the weekend in Ecuador had been giving...

A " category error " is a serious philosophical error in which, because something is assigned to the wrong category, a whole set o...

We've visited this occasionally with regard to abortion, which is the leading cause of death of Americans if unborn Americans count as A...

DataRepublican has made a tremendously serious allegation that we should probably take seriously.  Here is the allegation: What you not hav...

We must have made quite a sight coming home, with the sword strapped to my motorcycle and that Lochaber Axe strapped to my son's. It wa...

Good Highland athletics today.  UPDATE:  A well-respected Clan. 

Headed south this weekend for the Scottish Highland Games.  Yes, that is a sword strapped to the bike. It’s important. Encamped lakeside bel...

Nidal Hasan's death sentence is as richly deserved as anyone's easily could be, but it apparently won't be televised . "Nid...

It's coming in, and the yellows especially are vibrant when the sun gets low in the afternoon. Still a lot of green out there yet.

A bit north of Beech Gap, NC 215.

The autumn color is creeping in, but the days are warm and delightful (when there isn't a hurricane). For the next little while, things ...

As I was telling Mr. Hines in the comments below, there's a bit left but so far we seem to have gotten down easy. All the same I believe...

I've been through some several hurricanes in my life but none like Helene two years ago. Hopefully this one won't go too badly; we a...

I had a brief flashback to this old commercial when I saw this from the NYT today for a slow-cooker chili recipe . Now you can make chili in...

I'm not going to join in the Cornell festival of blame , about which I know nothing that is not in the newspaper. However, I was reminde...

I might share a couple of my opinions with you; but I'm not going to share them because I think they're smart, I'm going to shar...

Reason magazine notes that women are better-armed than ever . American women, anyway -- but without much division other than that. They add ...