These days, we take it pretty much for granted that photographs (and even videos) can be electronically transmitted around the world, nearly...

Manzanar was one of the notorious internment camps where over 100,000 Japanese-Americans were imprisoned in WWII.  Ansel Adams was alread...

This is fascinating stuff that I've been following for a few weeks now, as the news dribbles out .  It's beginning to look like arch...

By Gwynnie at Maggie's Farm : The food stamp program, part of the Department of Agriculture, has announced that is pleased to be distr...

If you're an aviation (or WWII history) buff, this is beautiful stuff:

Scientists are working on “universal” flu vaccines.  Unlike the current flu vaccines, these don't have to be custom-made for each varian...

What will they think of next ?

Most of the time, I don't long for the “good old days” at all – mainly because there's so much about the old days that really wasn...

From Linus Torvalds , in 2007 (but I just read it): C++ is a horrible language. If you're a programmer, that statement will either (a) ...

One of the things about this little blog that I monitor is where my readers come from.  Over the years, I've commented a few times about...

Via reader Simon M.:

Best speeches, that is.  Listen to this speech, and remember a time (not so very long ago) when we had leadership that actually led : Su...

In today's Wall Street Journal, this article by Frederick Kagan and Maseh Zarif.  The lead: Americans are being played for fools by Ir...

Reading this, my first reaction was “Of course he did!” With Hollywood gathering this weekend for the 84th Academy Awards, President Barac...

Seven years plus one week ago today, I made the first post on this blog.  Since then, I've posted 5508 times, or 2.15 posts/day...

In recent months I've accidentally run across a lot of great articles about what it's like to be introverted, and how to embrace it....

I'll let James Delingpole (my favorite English Conservative) introduce him : Professor Richard Lindzen is one of the world's great...

Until this morning I had never heard of Kira Davis .  I ran across the video below, and then I wanted to know more: I'd like to know...

Passed along by my friend and colleague Aleck L. (for whom English is a second language).  As always, click to enlarge:

LinkedIn has an interesting article on what makes remarkable employees so remarkable .  It cites 8 attributes, and some of them resonate str...