The map at right (and click on it for a larger view) is sold by ODT; I’m not sure who actually created it. If you look at it closely, you’l...

At right is photo of a billboard trumpeting the alleged groundbreaking of the proposed Jamul Indian Casino (the billboard is on State 94, ju...

Just say the words “Bravo Cafe” to anybody who knows Jamul, and you’re certain to see them smile — and if they’re hungry, they may start dro...

For many years, the Jamul Indian Village has been trying to get a casino built on 81 acres adjoining their 6 acre reservation on State 94, j...

Ali at Free Iraqi is one of the Middle Eastern bloggers I read every day. His post of a couple days ago , about the trial of Saddam Hussein...

Via TigerHawk (click for a larger view). Imagine it’s 1941, and Ted Kennedy, Howard Dean, and John Kerry are in Pearl Harbor when the Japan...

I’m a little bemused by yet another unlikely looking pattern in the visitors to my blog: 80% of today’s visitors found me by searching Googl...

A few days ago, a friend (Rick Pugh) asked if I’d be interested in visiting the Midway Aircraft Carrier Museum on Pearl Harbor Day. Absolu...

Sixty-four years ago today, on December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy made a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, just outside of Honolulu, H...

Did you know that Samuel Clemens suffered a business failure that forced him into bankruptcy? Somehow this chapter of Samuel Clemens' l...

One of my favorite places (Tallinn, Estonia) is visible on this synthesized photo of a night view of Europe from space. The original photo ...

Astronomy is a “hard” science that nevertheless works with things of great beauty… From Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) : These wisps of...

One of my favorite blogs is neo-neocon , written by an ex-liberal turned conservative after 9/11. Her posts are real ponders, full of infor...

What would you think if someone you respected told you that democracy was “criminal” — that it was just a way for men to place themselves ab...

Have you ever driven across Kansas? It really is unreasonably flat … as has now been scientifically proven, Kansas is damn flat! From the ...

Most engineering that people are familiar with is accomplished by engineers with an understanding of the science underlying their discipline...

The Cassini robotic spacecraft orbiting around Saturn turns in marvelous science data day after day. The Cassini team also took the trouble...

This interesting pattern showed up on my bedroom wall this morning — a spot of sunlight shining through the window. I’ve processed this pho...

I’ve never seen anything like this — animated music, called “Animusic” by the author. It’s synthesized music, with choreographed animations...

Bill Roggio (a long-time and invaluable blogger on the War on Terror, on “The Fourth Rail") recently traveled to Iraq and started filin...