Reported by James Taranto in Best of the Web Today : Last Friday we attended a dinner, sponsored by the Soldiers', Sailors', Marines...

Jules Crittenden, writing in the Boston Herald: It’s that time of the election cycle when we get ready to take one for the team. I’m talking...

Saddam Hussein, convicted of crimes against humanity (along with two co-defendents). All three sentenced to death by hanging. I cannot thin...

This morning I was installing a new outlet strip I just purchased, and I noticed the largish “warning label” attached to its cord. It’s mad...

This could be the quote of the day: IRONY SO THICK YOU CAN BATHE IN IT Rick Moran of the Right Wing Nuthouse coined that phrase to headline ...

WorldNetDaily wondered whether Islamic terrorists are following the U.S. elections, and if so, who were they rooting for. Aaron Klein is th...

My post yesterday about (not often) voting brought me quite a few emails, and those emails pointed me to some interesting reading. In a cou...

Edward (Ted) Kennedy is (unfortunately) a living, breathing reminder of how democracy in the U.S. isn’t working. A rational electorate woul...

If you pay attention to the news at all, you’ve probably heard about the “Stern Report” on global warming. It’s a very cleverly packaged Al...

Anyone who knows me even slightly knows that I have strong views on many political issues, and that I avidly follow political events. But u...

From John Kass, in the Chicago Tribune: So Kerry’s ridiculous elitism, burbling out of him as if he lives, as I suspect, entirely on a diet ...

The dead-tree publication Science News is one of the few that I still subscribe to. They do have a web site , but it’s quite awful and obv...

John Kerry, speaking yesterday at a rally for Phil Angelides (the hapless Democratic challenger to Arnold Schwatzenegger): You know, educati...

We went for a nice walk up the slope behind our house this morning, Debbie and I, and all three dogs (Mo’i, Miki, and Lea). It’s the first ...

The slide rule at right (click the thumbnails for a larger view) was made by the Boykin Products Company. I don’t know much about it other t...

I just love Mark Steyn; he’s a breath of fresh air and rationality in any political conversation, and is one of the wittiest commentators ar...

These two slide rules are made from polished heavy sheet steel; possibly plated, but I don’t think so. The scales and other writing are eng...

I really love the Hemmi bamboo slide rules (they have my vote for the best overall construction and “feel"), and I’ve collected a numbe...

Where is the American equivalent? Just listen. This video is topping the charts in Australia. She can be my poster girl anytime at all...

The aluminum slide rule at right has me completely baffled. It’s not, strictly speaking, a slide rule at all — there’s a stator and a curso...