Six weeks ago we had a pair of California Towhees raise a brood in a nest built in a safety helmet hanging on our patio. Now there's an...

There's been a short Mark Steyn drought of late, but it's over. He's got a wicked new column out; with his usual wit and humor...

Are doctors more dangerous than guns? Consider: 1.The number of physicians in the US is 700,000. 2. Accidental deaths caused by Physicians ...

I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.    Harry S. Truman

How Many Dogs Does It Take to Change A Light Bulb?" Golden Retriever: The sun is shining, the day is young, we've got our whole liv...

It's hard to imagine a more useful charity (from several perspectives) than this one . From their web site: Many American troops have t...

Michael Yon reports from Iraq on the death of an American Marine: First Sergeant Michael J. Bordelon. The picture at right is of Sgt. Bord...

APOD brings us... Similar in size and grand design to our own Milky Way, spiral galaxy NGC 3370 lies about 100 million light-years away tow...

The tyrant dies and his rule ends, the martyr dies and his rule begins.    Soren Aabye Kierkegaard

Michael Yon's latest post , from the troops with their boots on the ground in Mosul. An excerpt: Deuce Four headed downtown this mornin...

APOD brings us the moon, with a jet and contrail in the light of a sunset... Remember when the Moon was young? It was just last Monday. On ...

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That'...

From Lance In Iraq (with more pictures) , the pictures say it all. But here's what Lance said: Some of the soldiers here have adopted a...

The man who does not read good books is at no advantage over the man that can't read them.    Mark Twain

Daveed Gartenstein-Ross & Eric Stakelbeck at the Weekly Standard have an interesting article that tells about Uday Hussein (Saddam's...

Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot his whole life, which created an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very lit...

His latest photo blog is at right, and below is an excerpt (the conclusion) to his latest post : While the medic tried to stop the bleeding,...

But the American liberal left somehow has managed to keep their blinders on with respect to the ongoing discoveries and investigations of Sa...

Chrenkoff cites this familiar poem by theologian Dr. Rheinhold Niebuhr as a way to understand President Bush's foreign policy: God, gra...

According to press reports, President Bush's short visit could hardly have been more friendly (if you'll discount the alleged "...