A few days ago I posted about the recent Al Qaeda atrocities near Baquba so eloquently reported by Michael Yon. In that same post, I lament...

The war in Iraq is a complex affair, far more so than the majority of American observers understand. Most Americans seem to want a "so...

What would you think if you saw this coming down the street toward you? Don't worry, it's just a dog suit ! This dog suit was dreame...

Debbie and her mom (Kate) arrived last night after a completely trouble-free flight. The airport was a complete zoo -- the worst traffic sn...

This photo pretty much says it all:

Scott Adams asks a question that I've long wondered about -- why do so many people like horror movies? By process of elimination, I ass...

From Amy Alkon, writing at the Advice Goddess: What should I call them, terror-bunnies? Don't miss the rest of it !

About a year ago, the Horse Fire burned to within about three miles east of our home (the photos in this post are from that fire). That...

ABC News is reporting that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has an intelligence document warning of an Al Qaeda "summer ...

Alphonse is a gopher snake, similar to the one in the photo at right. He (or she, for all I know) lives somewhere near our house. Gopher sna...

I never tire of watching the hummingbirds here; of all the abundant wildlife we have here, none delight me as these flying jewels do... This...

Michael Yon has filed a new dispatch from Iraq on Operation Arrowhead Ripper , and it has both good news and horrifying news. The good news ...

From former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, speaking about Britain's struggles with its Muslim minorities : The reason we are finding...

Through my slide rule collecting, I know several Israelis living in Israel. Through my reading, I've heard that ordinary Israeli citize...

The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) is an indispensable source of information for Americans about the Middle East. They do so...

One of the accidental consequences of our incredibly rapid advances in science and technology is that certain things that happened within my...

Spirit and Opportunity (the two NASA rovers on Mars) are still operating, delivering more science products on a bad day than the space stat...

In a conversation with a friend yesterday, I discovered that he didn't even know about The Straight Dope , by Cecil Adams. I thought ev...

Grab a box of kleenex and go watch this video . Then you'll understand this quote from the American artist Kaziah Hancock: There's ...

Yesterday the Supreme Court handed down a decision on free speech for students of public schools ( Morse v. Frederick , aka the "Bong H...