Today’s “Day by Day” cartoon contains a reference to a “glass parking lot, shaped like Iran”. For over fifty years I’ve been hearing my Dad...

Have you ever received an email that expresses something you agree with in a powerful, clever, or funny way — and then passed it along to ot...

An oft-repeated piece of advice to detectives trying to solve a mystery is “Follow the money!” It’s a good piece of advice, as people are m...

I received this email from one of our soldiers that I’ve corresponded with. No comments are needed. Hello everybody, this is Sgt. Furman fr...

In an excellent Thanksgiving Day post by John Hinderaker of Powerline , there is a mention of something I’d never heard of before: “O’Sulliv...

I’m doing the Thanksgiving cooking for us this year, for the first time in several years. I really enjoy cooking, when I have the time to d...

Lawson Peak is the second-highest peak amongst those surrounding Lawson Valley, where I live. It’s not very high in any absolute sense — ju...

Now here’s a platform I could get behind: Win the war. Confirm the judges. Cut the taxes. Control the spending. That wasn’t so hard, was it...

Michael Yon has posted a moving article, with pictures, about the Deuce Four’s return to the U.S. From Michael Yon’s post : The overwhelming...

Reading Bruce Schneier’s excellent blog the other day, I happened across this shocker of a post. At first I was sure this was some elabora...

Every once in a while, as Cassini whizzes around Saturn on its mission of exploration, two or three of the many moons of Saturn will line up...

My parents live in New Jersey (yeah, I know — but at least they don’t live in North Jersey!), and their friend and neighbor Paul Bruni send...

Take a moment today to ponder the magnificent courage our veterans have shown — and the sacrifices they’ve made — that allow us to enjoy the...

Do you recognize the artifact at right? It’s a U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey marker; this particular one on the peak of Cuyamaca Mountain...

These are some more photos from the hike that Debi and I made up Cuyamaca Peak this past Sunday. As usual, clicking on any of the will brin...

Spirit and Opportunity — the extraordinarily successful mobile probes on Mars — have now been operating for very close to two years. Not ba...

What an unpleasant way to start my morning — by discovering that every single one of the propositions championed by Governor Arnold Schwartz...

The hike Debi and I made up Cuyamaca Mountain on Sunday (see two preceding posts) had some unanticipated moments of beauty. In the two year...

As I mentioned in the post below, Debi and I had a very enjoyable hike up to Cuyamaca Peak this past Sunday. On the “shoulder” of the mount...

Debi and I took a hike on Sunday that we haven’t made for over two years — up the “fire road” to Cuyamaca Peak from Paso Picacho campground ...