This morning’s news of the Al Qaida leaders killed in the Pakistan strike a few days ago got me to thinking about the internal reactions of ...

Ahhh … there’s nothing quite like the sting of a Mark Steyn piece in the morning… From “ Ham-handed Dems didn’t lay a glove on Alito ":...

Watching Mrs. Alito quietly crying during Senator Graham’s apology for the behavior of Senators Ted Kennedy and Chuck Schumer was one of the...

If you’re as tired as I am of the way that most Democrats are now opposing everything about the Iraq War, giving comfort to our enemies, and...

Today’s Wall Street Journal has an op-ed piece by Sergei Ivanov, the deputy prime minister and minister of defense of the Russian Federation...

These very clever anagrams were sent to me by a friend… DORMITORY — DIRTY ROOM PRESBYTERIAN — BEST IN PRAYER ASTRONOMER — MOON STARER DESPER...

I ran across this on BoingBoing, where they showed the picture of the girl at right. Not a real girl, BTW — just a little photoshopping. The...

This photo looks like something right out of one of the pulp science fiction novels I devoured as a kid: From the official Cassini website :...

With two dogs and seven cats living in our house, we have our share of inter-species animosity (though much less than you might think). Add...

As a homeowner in rural Southern California, you might think I’m nearly an ideal case for solar power. Throw a few solar panels on my roof,...

I took the liberty of reproducing in entirety this very short op-ed piece in today’s WSJ: No one knows how Winston Churchill would have fou...

Estonia, that’s who. In the 2006 Index of Economic Freedom (click on the thumbnail at right to read the whole chart), Estonia places 7th in ...

Yesterday morning Debi and I, along with Lea and Mo’i (our two beautiful field spaniels), took our usual walk a mile or so up the hill south...

Read this on Michelle Malkin’s site this morning — it was so good I just had to share it… Russ Vaughn is a poet and Vietnam vet. Force Mult...

According to my weather instruments (click on the picture at right for a full-sized view), we’ve received just over an inch of rain in the p...

I don’t know about you, but ever since 2000 I’ve felt a bit like I’m living in a science fiction novel. When I was a kid, the year 2000 fel...

Gateway Pundit has great presentation of something I’ve long suspected, but haven’t known for sure: that the casualties (meaning deaths) in ...

Mark (whom I know only through his blog) and I don’t share religious convictions, but we do share a love for our pets. Mark’s dog, Luna, was...

Not so very long ago, there was much gnashing of teeth and wailing from the liberal part of the world, faithfully (and loudly) reported by t...

Remember the “Aunt Jemima” jeers by so many Democrats (and not just Deaniacs, either)? Those were very troubling to me, especially as they ...