Michael (who is quickly becoming one of my favorite blogwriters) put up an interesting musing on the meaning and power of names. Here's a snip:Knowing someone's name gives you a certain intimacy, and a certain sense of power. You know... Read More

Michael Williams on names and starting conversations: When I approach a girl and try to strike up a conversation, I Read More

Michael wrote an interesting article on the seeming inevitability of nuclear proliferation. Here's a sampler:Conventional military force serves as the ultimate recourse (and foundation) of diplomacy, but nuclear weapons give their owner near complete i... Read More

Cypren just posted his commentary to another article on the subject of nuclear proliferation so I decided ot take the opportunity to throw in my 2 cents. First off, it should be apparent even to a blind monkey that based... Read More

Michael Williams has a good post on the proliferation of nuclear weapons: However it plays out, the world gets much Read More

Michael Williams has a good post on the proliferation of nuclear weapons: However it plays out, the world gets much Read More

California Insider posted twice today, here and here, on a proposed lawsuit spearheaded by State Schools Supt. Jack O'Connell to seek relief from the budget impasse in a manner styled after a recent Nevada action. In Nevada, the Supreme Court... Read More

The interblog road debate continues, as Owen Courreges responds to my response to his response on my original response to Read More

Cypren pointed me towards this post by Michael Williams re: Bill Clinton's view of how the democrats are turning the now famous Niger/Uranium statement into a major issue. His analyis of Clinton's motives for responding the way he did appear... Read More

Candace posted a link to a story in the Economist about gun violence and gun control laws, saying that it made her question her position on gun control. While I know she accords a great deal of admiration to the... Read More

Quick! Everyone link to me. I fell back to being a monkey on the blogging ecosystem, and I don't want Read More

Michael William's post commenting on Steven Den Beste's thoughts on anti-US xenophobia that passes for concerns about cultural purity. Michael William's belief is that at some point, the world will become homogenous, and thus stagnant. I don't think th... Read More

I went to work today, but I'm still feeling pretty rotten. My boss thinks I should go home, and I Read More

Master of None laments the fact that Glenn Reynolds is "censoring" him, which I presume means that Reynolds is either failing to link to or blogroll Matt's site. Read More

Over at Master of None, Michael Williams reminds us that the “Democrats got every item on their wishlist in California, up until a month ago — and just look where Read More

C is for Cookie, that's good enough for me. Starting with J...... Read More

Michael has bad news about the "future of punctuation". [aak]... Read More

Michael has assembled a great defense of the fundamental argument for the selfishness of mankind in response to a post by Chris Noble. This is one of those topics that keeps coming up in my discussion with friends, co-workers and... Read More

that there is a statue of Lenin in a park in Seattle? Neither did I! Go read about it over Read More

Although my sentiments are very much with the devout citizens of Alabama who want to keep a public monument to the Decalogue in a courthouse, Michael Williams is correct: Justice Moore's legal case was weak, and the demonstrations advance nothing,... Read More

Michael has a fantastic post up to answer the question, "what's so bad about communists?" That question is one of those things I hear a lot from people who are rather unthinking products of our extremely liberal educational system. Unlike... Read More

Seattle worships Cyber-Lenin! Norwegian Blogger is back! He was gone you ask? Anyway, I haven't linked to someone in Norway Read More

Michael Williams, of Master of None, has found a "possible" solution to the vanishing text that most of us that use MT have seen. This problem is attributed to Internet Explorer and since I switched to Mozilla Firebird, I haven't... Read More

Who knew? Bill Hobbs can be funny! Read this excellent analysis by Michael Williams: Perceptions of President Bush. Also highly recommended is Who Benefits from Outsourcing? Who Could Benefit from Outsourcing? by Daniel Drezner. Newsrack has done an ex... Read More

Here are the links submitted by members of the Watcher's Council for this week's vote. Read More

The Bear Flag League is a loosely organized group of conservative rabble. The complete list is on the sidebar. (If you're a member of the league, please, please grab the complete list.) Take a look at some of the fine... Read More

Michael Williams tells us about Nature’s nuclear reactors. The U.S. Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management’s Yucca Mountain Project explains: Deep under African soil, about 1.7 billion years ago, natural conditions Read More

Emperor Misha I is now a fuzzy wittle bunny. Michael Williams wants short stories. Hey, I write one every Monday Read More

Michael Williams of Master of None is seeking short stories for a symposium that he's sponsoring. The deadline is next Tuesday, September 23. I wish I had time to submit something -- it sounds like fun.... Read More

Michael Williams of Master of None is launching a new project called Spherewide Short Story Symposium: I am pleased to announce the first ever Spherewide Short Story Symposium! As you may know, I enjoy writing short stories and I think the short story ... Read More

Michael has been writing a bit about religious proselytization as an issue of free speech, and raised the point of Secular Humanism in public schools as a form of proselytization so ingrained into the culture that it's no longer even... Read More

Michael has been writing a bit about religious proselytization as an issue of free speech, and raised the point of Secular Humanism in public schools as a form of proselytization so ingrained into the culture that it's no longer even... Read More

It just wouldn't be a major event without an accompanying blogosphere event. Here's the Axis of Isabel for your hopefully property-damage-free but extremely windy viewing pleasure. It's also time to clarify a point of West Coast crap that popped up... Read More

Lawren, who used to be a frequent commenter here, as started her own blog! So go say, "hi!". (though she's Read More

I don't really have the time myself, but it's a great idea, if you ask me, so go take a... Read More

A short story symposium. Maybe I can finish that damn story... Read More

"The Ultimate Perfumed Prince" was a nickname reportedly given to General Wesley Clark by those serving under him. David Hackworth first picked up on it during the Kosovo conflict. This first edition of the Perfumed Prince Report (which will... Read More

"The Ultimate Perfumed Prince" was a nickname reportedly given to General Wesley Clark by those serving under him. David Hackworth first picked up on it during the Kosovo conflict. This first edition of the Perfumed Prince Report (which will be... Read More

Michael informs us that Galileo crashing into Jupiter will not turn it into a star. I have to say this Read More

Allrighty then, for all you who think that you want to be a writer, here's your chance. Michael Williams over at Master of None is hosting the Spherewide Short Story Symposium. Here's your opportunity to send him your stories and... Read More

Jay Solo has been doing some fine work in pointing out all the happenings of the BlogoSphere. Just take a look at this, this and this. Jay has been directing BlogoSphere traffic for almost 2 months straight, and I must... Read More

Jay Solo has been doing some fine work in pointing out all the happenings of the BlogoSphere. Just take a look at this, this and this. Jay has been directing BlogoSphere traffic for almost 2 months straight, and I must... Read More

You might be interested to know that Mike Williams is looking for submissions. No money, of course, but fame and glory could be yours...... Read More

I found a great blog named after it's host, "Michael Williams - Master of None." Williams is yet another conservative blogger, but he writes so well that I can't help but like him. I was reading some of the older... Read More

Spherewide Short Story Symposium: It's a collection of short stories up on the web started by a blogger, the Master of None. Be sure to submit and also check it out when it is ready. Courtney, T-bone and Jules and... Read More

The author of this site solicited links to original short stories here. I supplied a link to one of my previously posted short stories. Thanks to the Yeti for the link. The following here is a new one that is... Read More

...of laughter when I read this little snippet: No one has a problem with luscious curves, the problem is when your whole body is just one single curve. This is commonly called a "sphere", and it doesn't count as an... Read More

Master of None has the latest line from Tradesports on the recall and presidential races. Seems that the betting goes Arnold/Bustamente/Davis/no other result possible.... Read More

I never got around to working on a submission to it, but I'll be sure to join in on the next go-round. If you want to check out the folks who did get off their lazy asses and cranked out a short story for Michael's project then you'll find them... Read More

Michael Williams has posted his blogger short story round-up. Please go visit and read some of the fayre on offer. This is a wonderful effort to help creative bloggers get noticed. Kudos to Michael for his great idea!... Read More

Michael Williams over at Master of None has done a wonderful job of putting together the first ever symposium. There are 18 outstanding literary works - and my two entries, for a total of 20. Take some time out of... Read More

Michael Williams has a problem with titles. He also has a plan to bring together short stories, and he has something like 26 of them ready for you. Read and enjoy. And join the next one!... Read More

The Short Story Symposium has over two dozen stories by fifteen different authors. Neato. Go check it out.... Read More

I submitted a story for the Symposium hosted at Michael Williams's blog. And yes, Jason, I owe you some nickels. Read More

Check out theFirst Ever Spherewide Short Story Symposium18 stories from the blogging community. Via The Noble Pundit.... Read More

The symposium is up... and I missed the deadline. Oops. Read More

Michael Williams of Master of None has posted the first Spherewide Short Story Symposium. I haven't yet had a chance to read the stories, but certainly intend to do so. I hope any interested readers will visit the symposium and... Read More

Trackback is nice. I went back to check the trackbacks on the Drezner and Farrell piece, and it looks like the same light bulb went off in Michael Williams' head as well. The academic world could really use a communication tool that would allow us to b... Read More

Spherewide Short Story Symposium Did you hear about the Spherewide Short Story Symposium being hosted by Michael Williams? Lazily, I did not produce a new work, but submitted Wild Night Pt. II – How I shocked an Ex. If you... Read More

SAY, EVERYBODY! Our good friend Scott Rubush is back to blogging after a long hiatus -- it seems he has finally fixed his lap-top. Do pay Mr Rubush a visit, and do so often. Michael Williams has organized a symposium... Read More

SAY, EVERYBODY! Our good friend Scott Rubush is back to blogging after a long hiatus -- it seems he has finally fixed his lap-top. Do pay Mr Rubush a visit, and do so often. Michael Williams has organized a symposium... Read More

Your occasional trip around the horn. First, a league-wide call to action: Where's Molly? Everyone drop by and send her an email. We want to see her posting. Pathetic Earthlings hosted the Carnival of the Vanities, the first Bearflagger to... Read More

Your occasional trip around the horn. First, a league-wide call to action: Where's Molly? Everyone drop by and send her an email. We want to see her posting. Pathetic Earthlings hosted the Carnival of the Vanities, the first Bearflagger to... Read More

1) Don't miss the Carnival this week. 2) Michael Williams has posted his Spherewide Short Story Symposium. 3) Harvey Olson of Bad Money feeds us another filthy lie about the press conference regarding the end of the Blog War as we know it. hln... Read More

Seriously, folks, Michael's on a roll. Before I start listing everything else, I'm going to give him a trifecta. You bet (bad pun). I just have to get them in the right sequence so that we all win. Michael Post 1: Bustamente must return Bustamillions e... Read More

Seriously, folks, Michael's on a roll. Before I start listing everything else, I'm going to give him a trifecta. You bet (bad pun). I just have to get them in the right sequence so that we all win. Michael Post 1: Bustamente must return Bustamillions e... Read More

Seriously, folks, Michael's on a roll. Before I start listing everything else, I'm going to give him a trifecta. You bet (bad pun). I just have to get them in the right sequence so that we all win. Michael Post 1: Bustamente must return Bustamillions e... Read More

I promise to do some real writing soon. Perhaps...next! But, for now, more linkage. I've found quite a spectrum of posts throughout the course of the day. 1) The Dictionary.com word of the day is gesticulate. I have used this word before because I'm gu... Read More

I found two gentle but accurate pokes at liberals and decided to begin a post of themed links here. This may or may not get updated throughout the night as I do or do not find more. 1) The Yeti offers two links to Liberal "Rules" for Arguing. And they'... Read More

I'm trying to keep up. Here's the best of what I sampled today. 1) This morning, Dean Esmay posted about Domestic Terrorism. He said this: I was not too worried about that because such people are usually so stupid and drug-addled that they aren't good ... Read More

I'm trying to keep up. Here's the best of what I sampled today. 1) This morning, Dean Esmay posted about Domestic Terrorism. He said this: I was not too worried about that because such people are usually so stupid and drug-addled that they aren't good ... Read More

Mildly Moratory, I Meander M-wards to Match the Masterful Maunderings of the Mistress of VenoM. M is for Moron, which he certainly is, and also for Masochistic, which US drug laws are. M is for Maria as she Maintains her... Read More

Wuthering Heights, the RPG It seems to be parody, but this role-playing game can really be played. [via MeFi] I... Read More

A-haw haw haw haw! Let me say up front that you should browse around on any of these blogs if... Read More

I am a bit perplexed. The quest to find “The One” continues, however, I realized this week that the normal pursuit does not interest me. Given my many references and adoption of the Not Dating™ and Helping Folks Out© systems,... Read More

Ok, it is time for me to come out from behind my aggregator. It has been a while since I have done a linkfest and frankly, I'm itching to do one. There is a lot of fine blogging going on... Read More

Ok, it is time for me to come out from behind my aggregator. It has been a while since I have done a linkfest and frankly, I'm itching to do one. There is a lot of fine blogging going on... Read More

It hasn't exactly been a great two years for the Clintons, has it?... Read More

Michael Williams uses photos to illustrate a meme that has been put forth here and at North Georgia Dogma: that... Read More

How about this...it's Thursday already! Kelley has decided to forgo the posting of the Cul-de-Sac this week. Good for you, girl. You deserve some time off, and you have to rest up for your wild Hawaiian adventure. We'll be here... Read More

The triumphal march of the Clintons — a pictorial history of Bill Clinton’s electoral efforts since he became a former... Read More

Kate, here goes my attempt at it. Sorry I don't have more time to spend on it. Work is Providing other Mental Stimulation (Predestined Mercy Slaying) Arafat Has Stomach Cancer (Promulgators of Malevolence and Severance?) Purveyors Of Hate And Division?... Read More

The Biggest Liar of Them All The Prowler Gov. Gray Davis may not have been the biggest loser in the... Read More

Okay, I took the test-- Conscious self Overall self Take Free Enneagram Personality Test AND ENTP - "Inventor". Enthusiastic interest in everything and always sensitive to possibilities. Non-conformist and innovative. 5% of the total population. Take F... Read More

How do you reference a source that keeps changing? Michael Williams has put his finger on one of the problems raised by the ephemeral nature of Internet publications. Magazines can't retract things or change them without new editions, in fact... Read More

von hier via da. Whackos :P Read More

Because I have a bunch of linkage to do, here's the letter of the day, Heather style. Today's letter is H, so that's fitting. Aitch. Do you believe in hell, higher powers, heaven? Hell again. As a destination. Harrassment...or hardly? Hapless Hyperbole... Read More

You may remember that Michael Williams started up a great initiative a while ago that I mentioned in this post.... Read More

Sorry if this post has any spelling errors. This computer doesn't have a spellcheck on it and my skills are sometimes suspect at best. I'll run it through Word when I get home this evening. Mike Northover has been filling... Read More

Michael Williams is running another short story round-up. If you are a creative type, send something in and let blogdom see your talents.... Read More

So, it's getting close to bedtime, and I've not blogged a thing here today. I wrote the mustard post yesterday. I did put something up at The Alliance but that hardly counts. So I'll link. Matt at Blackfive posts a chilling anecdote about a social even... Read More

Short but intense. Busy busy week. The guys at Random Nuclear Strikes keep posting quality stuff. As I scrolled through their blog, I couldn’t decide whether to link to the bit about rebels without a clue, or the one about... Read More

Michael Williams has an interesting look at why it took the FBI 5 weeks to find those boxcutters we've heard so much about...even though they knew they were there. Go check it out, 'eh?... Read More

Kate has picked the letter A to be today's treat. Without a thought I came up with; A is for: a small victory A is for: A Nickel's Worth of Free Advice A is for: Accidental Jedi Then I thought to myself..."That was a little too easy." So I started to u... Read More

Michael Williams is hosting the Second Spherewide Short Story Symposium, seeking scary short stories in time for Halloween. The submission deadline is next Tuesday, October 28. I hope any interested readers will consider participating. (The first one s... Read More

Michael Williams is hosting the Second Spherewide Short Story Symposium, seeking scary short stories in time for Halloween. The submission deadline is next Tuesday, October 28. I hope any interested readers will consider participating. (The first one s... Read More

Michael Williams is hosting the Second Spherewide Short Story Symposium, seeking scary short stories in time for Halloween. The submission deadline is next Tuesday, October 28. I hope any interested readers will consider participating. (The first one s... Read More

Michael Williams is hosting the Second Spherewide Short Story Symposium, seeking scary short stories in time for Halloween. The submission deadline is next Tuesday, October 28. I hope any interested readers will consider participating. (The first one s... Read More

(Review) It's called Operation Rollback, and it's resulted in 300 workers at various Wal-Mart being revealed as illegal aliens and rounded up. Now the interesting thing about this is something I didn't pick up on, but Michael Williams, of the... Read More

(Review) A big thank you to Michael Williams for pointing me to a quick link that contains a solution for the DIV tag display problem that IE6 users experience. It has fixed up the display problem on the blog page... Read More

Michael Williams, by request of several citizens of the Empire, is having another Spherewide Short Story Symposium, open to anyone... Read More

Forgot to mention this when I got the first email, but Michael Williams is holding the second Spherewide Short Story Symposium for those folks interested in participating. Same general guidelines as last time: write a fictional short story, post it to ... Read More

Forgot to mention this when I got the first email, but Michael Williams is holding the second Spherewide Short Story Symposium for those folks interested in participating. Same general guidelines as last time: write a fictional short story, post it to ... Read More

MO readers may recall a post about this very subject, and another that included a handy graph. The results came from research by a Swedish disarmament group. Read More

Welcome, welcome one and all to the show that never ends! I'm going to dispense with all the Earnhardt paeans (even though I have the perfect opportunity for them, having week #3 and being Southern and all) and get... Read More

Welcome, welcome one and all to the show that never ends! I'm going to dispense with all the Earnhardt paeans (even though I have the perfect opportunity for them, having week #3 and being Southern and all) and get... Read More

Welcome, welcome one and all to the show that never ends! I'm going to dispense with all the Earnhardt paeans (even though I have the perfect opportunity for them, having week #3 and being Southern and all) and get... Read More

Welcome, welcome one and all to the show that never ends! I'm going to dispense with all the Earnhardt paeans (even though I have the perfect opportunity for them, having week #3 and being Southern and all) and get... Read More

Welcome, welcome one and all to the show that never ends! I'm going to dispense with all the Earnhardt paeans (even though I have the perfect opportunity for them, having week #3 and being Southern and all) and get... Read More

Welcome, welcome one and all to the show that never ends! I'm going to dispense with all the Earnhardt paeans (even though I have the perfect opportunity for them, having week #3 and being Southern and all) and get... Read More

Welcome, welcome one and all to the show that never ends! I'm going to dispense with all the Earnhardt paeans (even though I have the perfect opportunity for them, having week #3 and being Southern and all) and get... Read More

Welcome, welcome one and all to the show that never ends! I'm going to dispense with all the Earnhardt paeans (even though I have the perfect opportunity for them, having week #3 and being Southern and all) and get... Read More

Welcome, welcome one and all to the show that never ends! I'm going to dispense with all the Earnhardt paeans (even though I have the perfect opportunity for them, having week #3 and being Southern and all) and get... Read More

Welcome, welcome one and all to the show that never ends! I'm going to dispense with all the Earnhardt paeans (even though I have the perfect opportunity for them, having week #3 and being Southern and all) and get... Read More

Michael Williams has an interesting blog entry: Difficult Teachings of Jesus. He points out, quite rightly, that Jesus taught some... Read More

Michael Williams has a great post up that takes to task a guy who thinks that adults enjoying Halloween is Read More

Alliance business finally slain, I'm almost to tired to post. However, these two links won't wait until tomorrow: aimless has an ad for a new product that every anti-idiotarian needs... drink alert! Via Ith I found a great post on the true meaning of H... Read More

I'm shameless, when it comes to linking you...er, ok. I obviously need to start sleeping again someday. Tiger is giving out the linky-love, too... Kelley informs us that Allah has moved. 'Bout time...I don't know what self-respecting diety...oh. Heh. N... Read More

If you have MT, you know there is this cool thingy where you can get the comments that are posted to your blog emailed to you. If the poster leaves a valid email address you can reply privately to their comment if you want. (It's also handy to let you... Read More

The "Second Annual Spherewide Short Story Symposium - Halloween Edition is now up and available for your reading pleasure over at Master of None. I get a special mention as being the first person to enter two times in a... Read More

Michael Williams has posted the Second Annual Spherewide Short Story Symposium -- Halloween Edition of which my recent short story is a part. Looks like there's a few other scary submissions so if you're looking for more to read in honor of the holiday... Read More

Michael Williams has posted the Second Annual Spherewide Short Story Symposium -- Halloween Edition of which my recent short story is a part. Looks like there's a few other scary submissions so if you're looking for more to read in honor of the holiday... Read More

Rich Hailey says (tongue-in-cheek) that Arnold was responsible for setting the fires, and that Bush was responsible for the solar flares, both for political gain. SayUncle links to CJ who says (tongue-in-cheek) that actually it was Bush that lit the... Read More

Rich Hailey says (tongue-in-cheek) that Arnold was responsible for setting the fires, and that Bush was responsible for the solar flares, both for political gain. SayUncle links to CJ who says (tongue-in-cheek) that actually it was Bush that lit the... Read More

Rich Hailey says (tongue-in-cheek) that Arnold was responsible for setting the fires, and that Bush was responsible for the solar flares, both for political gain. SayUncle links to CJ who says (tongue-in-cheek) that actually it was Bush that lit the... Read More

And so we come down to the very last month in Japan. In 30 days, I will be gone, and boy will it go by fast. Sped along by three long weekends, of which this is the first. Lots of... Read More

And so we come down to the very last month in Japan. In 30 days, I will be gone, and boy will it go by fast. Sped along by three long weekends, of which this is the first. Lots of... Read More

And so we come down to the very last month in Japan. In 30 days, I will be gone, and boy will it go by fast. Sped along by three long weekends, of which this is the first. Lots of... Read More

Michael Williams hosts the Second Annual Spherewide Short Story Symposium--Halloween Edition.... Read More

Ghosts in the White House. Dolly Madison herself sppeared to Woodrow Wilson to tell him not to dig up her Rose Garden. For even more fun, Second Annual Spherewide Short Story Symposium is up with Halloween stories.... Read More

Ghosts in the White House. Dolly Madison herself sppeared to Woodrow Wilson to tell him not to dig up her Rose Garden. For even more fun, Second Annual Spherewide Short Story Symposium is up with Halloween stories.... Read More

Ghosts in the White House. Dolly Madison herself sppeared to Woodrow Wilson to tell him not to dig up her Rose Garden. For even more fun, Second Annual Spherewide Short Story Symposium is up with Halloween stories.... Read More

I don't think I'll be posting at all this weekend, so why don't you spend your time reading the stories over at the Second Spherewide Short Story Symposium?... Read More

Michael Williams has a good post on the debate raging in the Episcopal Church.... Read More

I found some good stuff today, and I'm going to share it with y'all! Jay wants to know what you Read More

Michael Williams has a great post about the effects of the tripling of the Vehicle License Fee in California. Seems that if you try to tax people more, sometimes they go and make adjustments in order to avoid it, resulting... Read More

Anybody else seen the conclusion to the Matrix trilogy yet? I'm seeing it in a few hours with some friends, Read More

Anybody else seen the conclusion to the Matrix trilogy yet? I'm seeing it in a few hours with some friends, Read More

So, in my blog surfing today I've read more than a few posts on the Matrix movie. I haven't seen the first two movies in the series, and I doubt I'll see this one. Thus, my interest in the Matrix... Read More

Anybody else seen the conclusion to the Matrix trilogy yet? I'm seeing it in a few hours with some friends, Read More

A variety of things on the web over the last little while that you may find interesting: Russ McGuire reports that there is a free Internet service to help you keep track of how your Congressman is voting. It's called VoteNote -- follow the link, plug ... Read More

A variety of things on the web over the last little while that you may find interesting: Russ McGuire reports that there is a free Internet service to help you keep track of how your Congressman is voting. It's called VoteNote -- follow the link, plug ... Read More

A variety of things on the web over the last little while that you may find interesting: Russ McGuire reports that there is a free Internet service to help you keep track of how your Congressman is voting. It's called VoteNote -- follow the link, plug ... Read More

A variety of things on the web over the last little while that you may find interesting: Russ McGuire reports that there is a free Internet service to help you keep track of how your Congressman is voting. It's called VoteNote -- follow the link, plug ... Read More

And into the big tent for the fifth edition of the Carnival of the Capitalists. We've got a fantastic assortment of posts for you this week, as always, so I'll shut up and get out of the way. Please note... Read More

via MICHAEL WILLIAMS: "Note: one hyphen alone is not enough indicate a break in sentence structure, and if you don't use spaces then it just looks weird and confusing." Now let's see if I can remember to implement it ;-)... Read More

This post will stay at the top of the page for the rest of the day, and I will be adding to it as the day goes on. James at Parkway Rest Stop Tiger Jen Dean Cox and Forkum Michele... Read More

This post will stay at the top of the page for the rest of the day, and I will be adding to it as the day goes on. James at Parkway Rest Stop Tiger Jen Dean Cox and Forkum Michele... Read More

This post will stay at the top of the page for the rest of the day, and I will be adding to it as the day goes on. James at Parkway Rest Stop Tiger Jen Dean Cox and Forkum Michele... Read More

This post will stay at the top of the page for the rest of the day, and I will be adding to it as the day goes on. James at Parkway Rest Stop Tiger Jen Dean Cox and Forkum Michele... Read More

Michael Williams churns out some Matrix-related fiction: Mr. Anderson: Who is it? Agent Smith: Federal Romantic Investigation Agency, open up! Mr. Anderson: What? Agent Smith: I'm Special Agent Smith, this is Special Agent Boyles. We're with the Federa... Read More

Michael Williams churns out some Matrix-related fiction: Mr. Anderson: Who is it? Agent Smith: Federal Romantic Investigation Agency, open up! Mr. Anderson: What? Agent Smith: I'm Special Agent Smith, this is Special Agent Boyles. We're with the Federa... Read More

I've got a lot of work to do. JEN started this muddle in my head, I emailed her as Bejus last night suggesting an interview with Bejus or myself, and the wise munuvian said something to the effect of "Why... Read More

I've got a lot of work to do. JEN started this muddle in my head, I emailed her as Bejus last night suggesting an interview with Bejus or myself, and the wise munuvian said something to the effect of "Why... Read More

We've all complained about the lack of rules in dating before, the unfairness of appearance, and how much first impressions stink. But guess what? Michael Williams found out that the government has been listening to our pleas! Just where you... Read More

via MICHAEL WILLIAMS: Apparently, your friendly neighborhood Donnie is well endowed with neuropeptide-Y (or NPY): "Candidates, many of whom were already experienced infantrymen, were put in situations where they were tired, had little sleep, and then g... Read More

Welcome to the weekly collection of the blogosphere’s best articles on relationships and the people involved in them! If you have a post, column, or article about relationships that you’d like to see featured in the Kissing Booth next week,... Read More

Welcome to the weekly collection of the blogosphere’s best articles on relationships and the people involved in them! If you have a post, column, or article about relationships that you’d like to see featured in the Kissing Booth next week,... Read More

Welcome to the weekly collection of the blogosphere’s best articles on relationships and the people involved in them! If you have a post, column, or article about relationships that you’d like to see featured in the Kissing Booth next week,... Read More

Welcome to the weekly collection of the blogosphere’s best articles on relationships and the people involved in them! If you have a post, column, or article about relationships that you’d like to see featured in the Kissing Booth next week,... Read More

Welcome to the weekly collection of the blogosphere’s best articles on relationships and the people involved in them! If you have a post, column, or article about relationships that you’d like to see featured in the Kissing Booth next week,... Read More

Hat tip to Real Clear Politics for a pointer to The Art of War over at The New Criterion. Go read the article first. It's an interesting and useful critique of US current military posture but does suffer one weakness... Read More

Hat tip to Real Clear Politics for a pointer to The Art of War over at The New Criterion. Go read the article first. It's an interesting and useful critique of US current military posture but does suffer one weakness... Read More

Welcome to the weekly collection of the blogosphere’s best articles on relationships and the people involved in them! If you have a post, column, or article about relationships that you’d like to see featured in the Kissing Booth next week,... Read More

JAMES JOYNER on John Kerry's turning down public funding: "We all saw this one coming, didn't we?" Yeah, those personal loans to finance your campaign are a lot easier to pay off when your wife is the Heinz Foods heiress,... Read More

Michael Williams -- Master of None: Continuous Military Revolution 2Overall, I don't think Kagan appreciates the very profound differences not just in technology [which is probably wider than he allows] and in the way that technology is employed, but m... Read More

Owen Johnson read Kagan completely differently than i did. Read More

A COMPANY CALLED INFOTEL is threatening to sue blogger Justene Adamec over comments left on her website by visitors. Several... Read More

A COMPANY CALLED INFOTEL is threatening to sue blogger Justene Adamec over comments left on her website by visitors. Several... Read More

CalBlogger Justene is being threatened with a lawsuit over comments (currently unavailable for obvious legal reasons) here. The Bear Flag... Read More

CalBlogger Justene is being threatened with a lawsuit over comments (currently unavailable for obvious legal reasons) here. The Bear Flag... Read More

CalBlogger Justene is being threatened with a lawsuit over comments (currently unavailable for obvious legal reasons) here. The Bear Flag... Read More

Hissed Venomous Kate. I love playing this game when I can find the time. I have an abundance of it this evening. Since I would like to be a part of the Haut monde, I will play this game the way I always do, with my own twist. Today the twist will be id... Read More

Business and ManagementThe A Penny For... blog thinks the folks behind naming United's new low-cost airline Ted did a good job, as explained in his post Congratulations! It's A Boy! Kevin Aylward of Wizbangblog muses on the sex tape du Read More

Business and ManagementThe A Penny For... blog thinks the folks behind naming United's new low-cost airline Ted did a good job, as explained in his post Congratulations! It's A Boy! Kevin Aylward of Wizbangblog muses on the sex tape du Read More

Theism means "there is a God." Atheism means "there is no God." Agnosticism means "there is no way to know God." Maltheism means "there is... Read More

Theism means "there is a God." Atheism means "there is no God." Agnosticism means "there is no way to know God." Maltheism means "there is... Read More

Theism means "there is a God." Atheism means "there is no God." Agnosticism means "there is no way to know God." Maltheism means "there is... Read More

Theism means "there is a God." Atheism means "there is no God." Agnosticism means "there is no way to know God." Maltheism means "there is... Read More

Theism means "there is a God." Atheism means "there is no God." Agnosticism means "there is no way to know God." Maltheism means "there is... Read More

I found this over at Michael Williams site. Read More

Speaking of Michael Williams, he has a very good post on the impact of the tripling of the California registration Read More

Michael Williams recently posted a link to a site which provides information regarding concealed weapons permits. This is a subject which I have thought a lot about in recent times and one for which I am completely in favor. Now,... Read More

Theism means "there is a God." Atheism means "there is no God." Agnosticism means "there is no way to know God." Maltheism means "there is... Read More

Dean Esmay makes a common misconception about Christian theology: Well, to be blunt Susanna: My assessment would be that if... Read More

I have done the same thing that Dean is doing in this post many times. No, I don't mean that... Read More

Justene was threatened with a lawsuit from Infotel. Citizen Smash has a few links on the subject. CalPundit discusses free speech issues including this one. Michele also has comments. Kevin McGeehee has a roundup of links. Other comments: Patterioco So... Read More

Justene was threatened with a lawsuit from Infotel. Citizen Smash has a few links on the subject. CalPundit discusses free speech issues including this one. Michele also has comments. Kevin McGeehee has a roundup of links.... Read More

Justene was threatened with a lawsuit from Infotel. Citizen Smash has a few links on the subject. CalPundit discusses free speech issues including this one. Michele also has comments. Kevin McGeehee has a roundup of links.... Read More

Justene was threatened with a lawsuit from Infotel. Citizen Smash has a few links on the subject. CalPundit discusses free speech issues including this one. Michele also has comments. Kevin McGeehee has a roundup of links.... Read More

Theism means "there is a God." Atheism means "there is no God." Agnosticism means "there is no way to know God." Maltheism means "there is... Read More

In response to a post by Michael Williams, Dean Esmay recently wrote that if the evangelical view of God is true then, “God is fundamentally, breathtakingly evil.” He goes on to add: “Now tell me that people belong in jail... Read More

Why? 'Cause I feel like it. Thanks to BoiFromTroy for graciously allowing me to hijack the meme for a few minutes. He presented the last review in reverse alphabetical order, so this time why not start in the middle?... Read More

Sorry, I haven't been posting much. If you want to read what I've been reading and commenting on, check out the marraige meme over at Michael Williams' blog. By the way, did the title of this post make you think... Read More

Sorry, I haven't been posting much. If you want to read what I've been reading and commenting on, check out the marraige meme over at Michael Williams' blog. By the way, did the title of this post make you think... Read More

Sorry, I haven't been posting much. If you want to read what I've been reading and commenting on, check out the marraige meme over at Michael Williams' blog. By the way, did the title of this post make you think... Read More

Sorry, I haven't been posting much. If you want to read what I've been reading and commenting on, check out the marraige meme over at Michael Williams' blog. By the way, did the title of this post make you think... Read More

Sorry, I haven't been posting much. If you want to read what I've been reading and commenting on, check out the marriage meme over at Michael Williams' blog. By the way, did the title of this post make you think... Read More

Sorry, I haven't been posting much. If you want to read what I've been reading and commenting on, check out the marriage meme over at Michael Williams' blog. By the way, did the title of this post make you think... Read More

In response to a post by Michael Williams, Dean Esmay recently wrote that if the evangelical view of God is true then, “God is fundamentally, breathtakingly evil.” He goes on to add: “Now tell me that people belong in jail... Read More

Bovious has his personal story of leaving and coming back to Christianity, on his own terms. Erica, meanwhile, discovers via this test that she is... Read More

Bovious has his personal story of leaving and coming back to Christianity, on his own terms. Erica, meanwhile, discovers via this test that she is... Read More

There is a very good and well-conducted discussion going on over at Michael Williams' blog - basically continuing a discussion that Dean Esmay started by renouncing the belief in eternal judgment. Michael continues the discussion by eloquently explaini... Read More

The deadline for the next Short Story Symposium over at Master Of None is in a couple of hours (midnight on Tuesday, EST) but you could probably hand in an entry tomorrow or the next day as well. Michael's a... Read More

The deadline for the next Short Story Symposium over at Master Of None is in a couple of hours (midnight on Tuesday, EST) but you could probably hand in an entry tomorrow or the next day as well. Michael's a... Read More

The deadline for the next Short Story Symposium over at Master Of None is in a couple of hours (midnight on Tuesday, EST) but you could probably hand in an entry tomorrow or the next day as well. Michael's a... Read More

The deadline for the next Short Story Symposium over at Master Of None is in a couple of hours (midnight on Tuesday, EST) but you could probably hand in an entry tomorrow or the next day as well. Michael's a... Read More

In response to a post by Michael Williams, Dean Esmay recently wrote that if the evangelical view of God is true then, “God is fundamentally, breathtakingly evil.” He goes on to add: “Now tell me that people belong in jail... Read More

Article on FOX News about singles and those married perks. Read if you are so inclined. It's a subject I Read More

Bovious has his personal story of leaving and coming back to Christianity, on his own terms. Erica, meanwhile, discovers via this test that she is... Read More

I posted this on the Alliance site, too. Michael Williams, whose blog is entitled Master of None, has another blog exposure idea: a Scavenger Hunt. Here's a blog game that'll be fun, and give some exposure to some less well-traveled blogs: The First An... Read More

Okay, so apparently I'm a blogging muse, as you can read about over at Master of None. Michael has set-up a blog scavenger hunt. Here are my answers. Some of them are, well, a stretch, but I did the best... Read More

Okay, so apparently I'm a blogging muse, as you can read about over at Master of None. Michael has set-up a blog scavenger hunt. Here are my answers. Some of them are, well, a stretch, but I did the best... Read More

Michael Williams announces the First Annual Blog Scavenger Hunt. Here's a blog game that'll be fun, and give some exposure to some less well-traveled blogs: The First Annual Blog Scavenger Hunt. The idea is simple: I write up a list... Read More

I have done the same thing that Dean is doing in this post many times. No, I don't mean that... Read More

I'm going to pick on Francis now! Now, I love Francis, he's a wonderful commenter here on A&C, and a Read More

Working on a large post for later this afternoon, but there's been some fun stuff out there lately that I'd like to draw your attention to. First of all, there's an entertaining post in this week's New Weblog Showcase about... Read More

"When I use a word, it means exactly what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less." -- Humptius Dumptius A number of religious bloggers are upset about a post by Dean Esmay explaining why he renounced Christianity. As... Read More

"When I use a word, it means exactly what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less." -- Humptius Dumptius A number of religious bloggers are upset about a post by Dean Esmay explaining why he renounced Christianity. As... Read More

"When I use a word, it means exactly what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less." -- Humptius Dumptius A number of religious bloggers are upset about a post by Dean Esmay explaining why he renounced Christianity. As... Read More

"When I use a word, it means exactly what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less." -- Humptius Dumptius A number of religious bloggers are upset about a post by Dean Esmay explaining why he renounced Christianity. As... Read More

"When I use a word, it means exactly what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less." -- Humptius Dumptius A number of religious bloggers are upset about a post by Dean Esmay explaining why he renounced Christianity. As... Read More

"When I use a word, it means exactly what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less." -- Humptius Dumptius A number of religious bloggers are upset about a post by Dean Esmay explaining why he renounced Christianity. As... Read More

One of my favorite memories of growing up on the East Side of Manhattan in New York City is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on the West Side. I don't know why it's a fond memory. The clearest parts of... Read More

One of my favorite memories of growing up on the East Side of Manhattan in New York City is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on the West Side. I don't know why it's a fond memory. The clearest parts of... Read More

One of my favorite memories of growing up on the East Side of Manhattan in New York City is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on the West Side. I don't know why it's a fond memory. The clearest parts of... Read More

One of my favorite memories of growing up on the East Side of Manhattan in New York City is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on the West Side. I don't know why it's a fond memory. The clearest parts of... Read More

One of my favorite memories of growing up on the East Side of Manhattan in New York City is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on the West Side. I don't know why it's a fond memory. The clearest parts of... Read More

One of my favorite memories of growing up on the East Side of Manhattan in New York City is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on the West Side. I don't know why it's a fond memory. The clearest parts of... Read More

One of my favorite memories of growing up on the East Side of Manhattan in New York City is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on the West Side. I don't know why it's a fond memory. The clearest parts of... Read More

Theism means "there is a God." Atheism means "there is no God." Agnosticism means "there is no way to know God." Maltheism means "there is... Read More

Theism means "there is a God." Atheism means "there is no God." Agnosticism means "there is no way to know God." Maltheism means "there is... Read More

M is for maleficent, malevolent, malicious, malignant Monday M is for misfortune, miasma, miserable moment M is for marvelous, magnanimous mechanism M is for mischief, malpractice, maltreatment, misconduct, mishandling, muckraking M is for mercurial, m... Read More

He takes the fun out of winning better than anyone else does... "The First Annual Blog Scavenger Hunt is over, and the winner is.... It's easy to win when you're the only one who plays! " I think I'm going... Read More

Matthew 5:38-42 "You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone wants to sue you and take... Read More

I wanted to briefly comment on an issue raised at Donald Sensing’s site. In his post, Michael Williams has also... Read More

Michael Williams, in a post about the proposal to put Ronald Reagan on the dime, notes that eliminating the dime and replacing it with an 18-cent coin would make our system of change 17% more efficient. He wrote about it... Read More

Michael writes a bit about a disturbing trend in the new healthcare plan: bribing doctors to perform mammograms on patients. This is just another good example of the "Nanny State" in action. There are enough women who don't prioritize their... Read More

Michael Williams of Master of None mischaracterizes reconstruction contracts as spoils of war or, more specifically, "these types of rebuilding contracts are the closest thing to "spoils" that exists" in modern warfare. This is just bad economics. If I... Read More

Michael Williams of Master of None mischaracterizes reconstruction contracts as spoils of war or, more specifically, "these types of rebuilding contracts are the closest thing to "spoils" that exists" in modern warfare. This is just bad economics. If I... Read More

There is a very good and well-conducted discussion going on over at Michael Williams' blog - basically continuing a discussion that Dean Esmay started by renouncing the belief in eternal judgment. Michael continues the discussion by eloquently explaini... Read More

Michael Williams believes that because someone is going to make an awul lot of money on reconstruction contracts in Iraq, that makes them spoils of war. It does not. The war was only incidental to the contracts from a political... Read More

Michael Williams writes An Open Letter to Hawthorne Police Chief Stephen Port on the occasion of the arbitrary denial of Mr. Williams's CCW permit. We're rapidly getting rid of that pesky Bill of Rights, one amendment at a time. First... Read More

Michael Williams writes An Open Letter to Hawthorne Police Chief Stephen Port on the occasion of Port's arbitrary denial of Mr. Williams's CCW permit. We're rapidly getting rid of that pesky Bill of Rights, one amendment at a time. First... Read More

Courtesy of Hawthorne Police Chief Stephen Port, I can now rest assured that Michael Williams will not shoot me on public streets. Not that there was any reason to think Michael would do such a thing, of course, but the... Read More

Michael Williams (Master of None) applied for a concealed-carry permit in his home twon of Hawthorne, CA. He filed all the (many) required forms, and jumped through the (many) required hoops. They turned him down flat. He has posted an... Read More

Michael Williams (Master of None) applied for a concealed-carry permit in his home twon of Hawthorne, CA. He filed all the (many) required forms, and jumped through the (many) required hoops. They turned him down flat. He has posted an... Read More

Michael Williams (Master of None) applied for a concealed-carry permit in his home twon of Hawthorne, CA. He filed all the (many) required forms, and jumped through the (many) required hoops. They turned him down flat. He has posted an... Read More

Michael Williams (Master of None) applied for a concealed-carry permit in his home twon of Hawthorne, CA. He filed all the (many) required forms, and jumped through the (many) required hoops. They turned him down flat. He has posted an... Read More

Michael Williams (Master of None) applied for a concealed-carry permit in his home twon of Hawthorne, CA. He filed all the (many) required forms, and jumped through the (many) required hoops. They turned him down flat. He has posted an... Read More

California resident and blogger Michael Williams blogs the open letter he wrote to the chief of police who rejected his application for a Concealed Carry Permit (CCW). Some of the comments are as interesting as Michael's letter itself. One writer... Read More

An Open Letter to Hawthorne Police Chief Stephen Port Michael Williams, a California blogger who I read regularly, has applied for and been denied a concealed carry weapon permit. He apparently wasn't applying on a whim, but because of a... Read More

An Open Letter to Hawthorne Police Chief Stephen Port Michael Williams, a California blogger who I read regularly, has applied for and been denied a concealed carry weapon permit. He apparently wasn't applying on a whim, but because of a... Read More

An Open Letter to Hawthorne Police Chief Stephen Port Michael Williams, a California blogger who I read regularly, has applied for and been denied a concealed carry weapon permit. He apparently wasn't applying on a whim, but because of a... Read More

An Open Letter to Hawthorne Police Chief Stephen Port Michael Williams, a California blogger who I read regularly, has applied for and been denied a concealed carry weapon permit. He apparently wasn't applying on a whim, but because of a... Read More

Because that is, as you all know, the sole responsibility of the Almighty State. Blogger Michael Williams tried to get... Read More

Michael Williams has an excellent post about an An open letter to Hawthorne, CA Police Chief Stephen Port. It concerns an application for a concealed weapon permit than was inexplicably turned down. Link via XRLQ.... Read More

Guys like Michael Williams—Christian, law-abiding, educated—are denied CCW permits here in SoCal, while crooks ignore the CCW law and numerous others. Michael lives somewhere in between me and my daily commute to the gym--a hotbed of countless form... Read More

Guys like Michael Williams—Christian, law-abiding, educated—are denied CCW permits here in SoCal, while crooks ignore the CCW law and numerous others. Michael lives somewhere in between me and my daily commute to the gym--a hotbed of countless form... Read More

Via James, comes this story of Michael Williams being denied a carry permit in California. Sorry, that state is beyond help. Move. It is a... Read More

Michael Williams (aka, Master of None) was denied a CCW permit (it is, after all, California) and now he wants to know why. This is a story worth following.... Read More

First off...  any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here, and here.  Die spambots, die!  And now...  here are all the links submitted by members of the Watcher's Council for this week's vote. Council links:SLAPP Yo... Read More

First off...  any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here, and here.  Die spambots, die!  And now...  here are all the links submitted by members of the Watcher's Council for this week's vote. Council links:SLAPP Yo... Read More

First off...  any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here, and here.  Die spambots, die!  And now...  here are all the links submitted by members of the Watcher's Council for this week's vote. Council links:SLAPP Yo... Read More

Last time I commented on Lott’s claims about the Baghdad murder rate, I noted his pathological refusal to admit that he was wrong about the r...

First off...  any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here, and here.  Die spambots, die!  And now...  the winning entries in the Watcher's Council vote for this week are The Stooges' Big Buts by The SmarterCop, and ... Read More

Time again to announce the winners of the Watcher's Council contest. Congratulations to the Smarter Cop for the winning Council entry, "The Stooges' Big Buts," and to Michael Williams for the winning non-Council entry, "An Open Letter to Hawthorne Poli... Read More

Go here to read about Michael Williams' experience in being denied a concealed carry permit in California. There, apparently, the local police chiefs have absolute discretion to deny applicants. An excerpt from Mr. Williams' letter to the local police ... Read More

Tim Lambert writes a critique of the John Lott article that I linked to here. It appears to me that Mr. Lambert is guilty of... Read More

The Stooges' Big Buts by The SmarterCop and, An Open Letter to Hawthorne Police Chief Stephen Port by Michael Williams -- Master of None Full results of the vote are over at The Watcher's. Go See . . . Special... Read More

First off...  any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here, and here.  Die spambots, die!  And now...  the winning entries in the Watcher's Council vote for this week are The Stooges' Big Buts by The SmarterCop, and ... Read More

The Watcher's Council has met and has voted on the posts of the week: Winning Council Entry: The Stooges' Big Buts The SmarterCop Winning Non-Council Entry: An Open Letter to Hawthorne Police Chief Stephen Port Michael Williams -- Master of... Read More

For the second time in two weeks, my Friday absence has been met with a stunning surprise. Thanks everybody! This week, the Watcher's Council selected The SmarterCop for their council link, with The Stooges' Big Buts. Michael Williams won the... Read More

I have been derelict of my duties by not announcing last week's Watcher's Council winners. My apologies to the winners but I will make up for it now: The SmarterCop wins with The Stooges' Big Buts, a review of how the nine eight dwarves responded to th... Read More

Michael Williams pens a most excellent response to the current 'pre-marital sex is virtuous' concept which is sweeping the blogosphere. This idea postulates that is is unwise to marry someone prior to engaging in sexual intercourse with them. The reson... Read More

Michael Williams pens a most excellent response to the current 'pre-marital sex is virtuous' concept which is sweeping the blogosphere. This idea postulates that is is unwise to marry someone prior to engaging in sexual intercourse with them. The reson... Read More

Michael Williams pens a most excellent response to the current 'pre-marital sex is virtuous' concept which is sweeping the blogosphere. This idea postulates that is is unwise to marry someone prior to engaging in sexual intercourse with them. The reson... Read More

Will Baude is gaining some fame in the blogosphere for his post on why pre-marital sex is virtuous. Michael Williams' response also includes some bits on why he doesn't date. Joe Carter also outlines the problems with "pre-sexual marriage." At... Read More

Michael Williams pens a most excellent response to the current 'pre-marital sex is virtuous' concept which is sweeping the blogosphere. This idea postulates that is is unwise to marry someone prior to engaging in sexual intercourse with them. The reaso... Read More

Ok I lied: I had a bunch of stuff stacked up and it needed posting. But this may be it. ;] Michael Williams discovers: A smart computer would run away... Another note on media backlash: Donald Sensing notes that O'Reilly... Read More

Ok I lied: I had a bunch of stuff stacked up and it needed posting. But this may be it. ;] Michael Williams discovers: A smart computer would run away... Another note on media backlash: Donald Sensing notes that O'Reilly... Read More

Ok I lied: I had a bunch of stuff stacked up and it needed posting. But this may be it. ;] Michael Williams discovers: A smart computer would run away... Another note on media backlash: Donald Sensing notes that O'Reilly... Read More

Ok I lied: I had a bunch of stuff stacked up and it needed posting. But this may be it. ;] Michael Williams discovers: A smart computer would run away... Another note on media backlash: Donald Sensing notes that O'Reilly... Read More

It is quiet... sort of. As I mentioned in my previous post, I am on vacation this week so I can host a visit from my grandson. Caring for him is not onerous, so I am enjoying his visit. He... Read More

Master of None: Who Armed Iraq? Michael Williams notes a March Newsmax article about the myth that America armed Saddam. In it, Charles R. Smith wroteName one weapon in the Iraqi arsenal that was made in the United States. I... Read More

ESPN: no backbone? To be honest, I didn't ever mean to spend so much time at MO on this subject. Unless there are major developments in the future, this will be my last post on the matter. But Donald Sensing... Read More

No Wonder They're So Grumpy Michael Williams notes the male:female ratio in some of Middle Eastern countries. Apparently, baby girls in some Middle Eastern countries are killed sometimes because they aren't as profitable, and that certainly would lead ... Read More

The Bear Flag League has been busy this New Year's. Take a peek: Master of None offers wisdom on gun ownership. The Irish Lass has mistyped her way onto google's rankings for jerrymandering. A&C raises a toast to Tolkien. Lopsided... Read More

The Bear Flag League has been busy this New Year's. Take a peek: Master of None offers wisdom on gun ownership. The Irish Lass has mistyped her way onto google's rankings for jerrymandering. A&C raises a toast to Tolkien. Lopsided... Read More

The Bear Flag League has been busy this New Year's. Take a peek: Master of None offers wisdom on gun ownership. The Irish Lass has mistyped her way onto google's rankings for jerrymandering. A&C raises a toast to Tolkien. Lopsided... Read More

The Bear Flag League has been busy this New Year's. Take a peek: Master of None offers wisdom on gun ownership. The Irish Lass has mistyped her way onto google's rankings for jerrymandering. A&C raises a toast to Tolkien. Lopsided... Read More

The Bear Flag League has been busy this New Year's. Take a peek: Master of None offers wisdom on gun ownership. The Irish Lass has mistyped her way onto google's rankings for jerrymandering. A&C raises a toast to Tolkien. Lopsided... Read More

The Bear Flag League has been busy this New Year's. Take a peek: Master of None offers wisdom on gun ownership. The Irish Lass has mistyped her way onto google's rankings for jerrymandering. A&C raises a toast to Tolkien. Lopsided... Read More

The Bear Flag League has been busy this New Year's. Take a peek: Master of None offers wisdom on gun ownership. The Irish Lass has mistyped her way onto google's rankings for jerrymandering. A&C raises a toast to Tolkien. Lopsided... Read More

The Bear Flag League has been busy this New Year's. Take a peek: Master of None offers wisdom on gun ownership. The Irish Lass has mistyped her way onto google's rankings for jerrymandering. A&C raises a toast to Tolkien. Lopsided... Read More

The Bear Flag League has been busy this New Year's. Take a peek: Master of None offers wisdom on gun ownership. The Irish Lass has mistyped her way onto google's rankings for jerrymandering. A&C raises a toast to Tolkien. Lopsided... Read More

The Bear Flag League has been busy this New Year's. Take a peek: Master of None offers wisdom on gun ownership. The Irish Lass has mistyped her way onto google's rankings for jerrymandering. A&C raises a toast to Tolkien. Lopsided... Read More

The Bear Flag League has been busy this New Year's. Take a peek: Master of None offers wisdom on gun ownership. The Irish Lass has mistyped her way onto google's rankings for jerrymandering. A&C raises a toast to Tolkien. Lopsided... Read More

The Bear Flag League has been busy this New Year's. Take a peek: Master of None offers wisdom on gun ownership. The Irish Lass has mistyped her way onto google's rankings for jerrymandering. A&C raises a toast to Tolkien. Lopsided... Read More

The Bear Flag League has been busy this New Year's. Take a peek: Master of None offers wisdom on gun ownership. The Irish Lass has mistyped her way onto google's rankings for jerrymandering. A&C raises a toast to Tolkien. Lopsided... Read More

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Welcome to the next edition of Carnival of the Capitalists! Lots of interesting reads this week with a variety of topics being offered up to the masses. I decided tonight was a good night to consume some of my Christmas... Read More

Welcome to the next edition of Carnival of the Capitalists! Lots of interesting reads this week with a variety of topics being offered up to the masses. I decided tonight was a good night to consume some of my Christmas... Read More

Welcome to the next edition of Carnival of the Capitalists! Lots of interesting reads this week with a variety of topics being offered up to the masses. I decided tonight was a good night to consume some of my Christmas... Read More

Michael applied for and was denied a permit to carry a concealed weapon in California. He then fills out a public records act request to... Read More

Michael applied for and was denied a permit to carry a concealed weapon in California. He then fills out a public records act request to... Read More

Michael applied for and was denied a permit to carry a concealed weapon in California. He then fills out a public records act request to... Read More

Michael applied for and was denied a permit to carry a concealed weapon in California. He then fills out a public records act request to... Read More

An update on Michael Williams' continued efforts to exercise his 2nd Amendment RIGHTS in the People's Socialist Republik of Kalifornicate.... Read More

Man. It's hard to get back into this after a long hiatus. ;] Looks like Laughing Wolf was on haitus to, but he's back now. Speaking of hiatus, I had to check... Yup, Rachel is back! Yayy! Kim du Toit... Read More

Man. It's hard to get back into this after a long hiatus. ;] Looks like Laughing Wolf was on haitus too, but he's back now. Speaking of hiatus, I had to check... Yup, Rachel is back! Yayy! Kim du Toit... Read More

The band of Seattle area bloggers, that is. I am planning on going to the range next weekend and I'd... Read More

Michael Williams notes some common (and amusing) strangeness in the Nigerian Scam emails. I have been meaning to touch this topic myself, having received several very amusing similar 'opportunities'. I too was most curious why they have to write out... Read More

Michael Williams notes some common (and amusing) strangeness in the Nigerian Scam emails. I have been meaning to touch this topic, having received numerous 'opportunities' myself. I too was curious why they feel the need to write out the numbers,... Read More

Michael Williams notes some common (and amusing) strangeness in the Nigerian Scam emails. I have been meaning to touch this topic, having received numerous 'opportunities' myself. I too was curious why they feel the need to write out the numbers,... Read More

Government - Damn Them Michael Williams at Michael Williams - Master of None talks about privatizing regulation for the benefit of society, pointing to example organizations such as the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM International) as... Read More

There are few things more enjoyable for me than reading. This week I have gotten to read more than my fair share. Between general work reading, catching up on University course work, the Business Blog Book Tour and reading each of this week's submissio... Read More

There are few things more enjoyable for me than reading. This week I have gotten to read more than my fair share. Between general work reading, catching up on University course work, the Business Blog Book Tour and reading each of this week's submissio... Read More

There are few things more enjoyable for me than reading. This week I have gotten to read more than my fair share. Between general work reading, catching up on University course work, the Business Blog Book Tour and reading each of this week's submissio... Read More

There are few things more enjoyable for me than reading. This week I have gotten to read more than my fair share. Between general work reading, catching up on University course work, the Business Blog Book Tour and reading each of this week's submissio... Read More

There are few things more enjoyable for me than reading. This week I have gotten to read more than my fair share. Between general work reading, catching up on University course work, the Business Blog Book Tour and reading each of this week's submissio... Read More

MICHAEL WILLIAMS, our resident stern grammar-master, brings us up to speed on the other debate.... Read More

That ol' mean grammar man MICHAEL WILLIAMS done fount a movie what shows metal computer-men dancin' and carryin' on. Bejus was fixin' to talk to his peoples, but he cain't come out'n his fort right this minute...them computer-men might git... Read More

Defense Tech: REPORTERS SMUGGLE DEPLETED URANIUM INTO U.S. James Rummel of Hell in a Handbasket noticed a little problem with a Defense Tech headline. He contacted them and they considered his message. Since he was right and they are smart... Read More

Rocket Plane. Say it with me: "Rocket Plane." This is what I'm talking about, folks. It's 2004. We're supposed to have robots (dancing optional). We're supposed to have flying cars. And we're supposed to have rocket planes. World peace and... Read More

Rocket Plane. Say it with me: "Rocket Plane." This is what I'm talking about, folks. It's 2004. We're supposed to have robots (dancing optional). We're supposed to have flying cars. And we're supposed to have rocket planes. World peace and... Read More

Rocket Plane. Say it with me: "Rocket Plane." This is what I'm talking about, folks. It's 2004. We're supposed to have robots (dancing optional). We're supposed to have flying cars. And we're supposed to have rocket planes. World peace and... Read More

Rocket Plane. Say it with me: "Rocket Plane." This is what I'm talking about, folks. It's 2004. We're supposed to have robots (dancing optional). We're supposed to have flying cars. And we're supposed to have rocket planes. World peace and... Read More

Michael Williams has directed my attention to a post that he wrote back in November (emphasis in original): Why, then, do many Christians see homosexuality and homosexuals as particularly evil? Theologically, we shouldn't. The real difficulty, however,... Read More

Michael Williams has directed my attention to a post that he wrote back in November (emphasis in original): Why, then, do many Christians see homosexuality and homosexuals as particularly evil? Theologically, we shouldn't. The real difficulty, however,... Read More

Michael Williams has directed my attention to a post that he wrote back in November (emphasis in original): Why, then, do many Christians see homosexuality and homosexuals as particularly evil? Theologically, we shouldn't. The real difficulty, however,... Read More

Michael Williams (one of my favorite reads) brutally fisks Sean Penn's travel journal from Iran. My only complaint is that it is too short. I wish he would fisk the entire journal. I would read it.... Read More

Michael Williams (one of my favorite reads) brutally fisks Sean Penn's travel journal from Iran. My only complaint is that it is too short. I wish he would fisk the entire journal. I, for one, would read it.... Read More

I've always been a big fan of Dennis Miller's, but I'm glad somebody took the time to address this: Mr. Miller said he remained socially liberal. "I think abortion's wrong, but it's none of my business to tell somebody what's... Read More

Michael Williams calls Sean Penn on his latest nonsense.... Read More

A flurry of grad-school-reform postings lately, on Invisible Adjunct and Critical Mass. I haven’t felt much need to charge into the fray, for once. Mostly it’s nothing I haven’t already said. The good that comes out of it is that more... Read More

I haven't noticed anyone posting a Bear Flag Review for a while, so I though I'd help out, by linking to a few things that caught my interest. Absinthe & Cookies has a terrific one-liner: Oh, a little side note:... Read More

I haven't noticed anyone posting a Bear Flag Review for a while, so I though I'd help out, by linking to a few things that caught my interest. Absinthe & Cookies has a terrific one-liner: Oh, a little side note:... Read More

...I want humanity to go to space. If the government wants to spend money on it, fine; if the government Read More

...I want humanity to go to space. If the government wants to spend money on it, fine; if the government Read More

Frank Rich's recent IHT column entitled Chutzpah and spiritual McCarthyism takes the cake. In Rich's eyes, the Pope is a bit of a boob. His mind is slipping as he has "unwittingly" been roped into endorsing Mel Gibson's new movie.... Read More

It is my pleasure to present this week's Carnival Of The Capitalists. The Carnival is now well-established and I am confident it needs no further introduction but I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate past hosts for their... Read More

Frank Rich's recent IHT column entitled Chutzpah and spiritual McCarthyism takes the cake. In Rich's eyes, the Pope is a bit of a boob. His mind is slipping as he has "unwittingly" been roped into endorsing Mel Gibson's new movie.... Read More

Michael Williams notes that billions of Saddam's dollars found their way to Syria and says: That money rightfully belongs to the American people, and should be immediately claimed as spoils of war and used to pay Halliburton to develop Iraq's... Read More

Jeff has the weekly check on the bias along with a nice pic of a Ruger Vaquero with bird's head grips. Never shot a Ruger with those grips, but I like the way they felt in the store. I... Read More

Jeff has the weekly check on the bias along with a nice pic of a Ruger Vaquero with bird's head grips. Never shot a Ruger with those grips, but I like the way they felt in the store. I... Read More

Protection for me but not for thee. Michael continues to detail his experience in failing to get a gun carry permit. Of the three issued... Read More

Protection for me but not for thee. Michael continues to detail his experience in failing to get a gun carry permit. Of the three issued... Read More

Protection for me but not for thee. Michael continues to detail his experience in failing to get a gun carry permit. Of the three issued... Read More

Jeff has the weekly check on the bias along with a nice pic of a Ruger Vaquero with bird's head grips. Last year people were shocked that Smith & Wesson would make a 1911 pistol. Now it's been announced... Read More

Jeff has the weekly check on the bias along with a nice pic of a Ruger Vaquero with bird's head grips. Last year people were shocked that Smith & Wesson would make a 1911 pistol. Now it's been announced... Read More

Michael Williams has a somewhat disturbing post on the subject of dehumanizing in order to kill. I think that he's adopting an easy way out that has wide negative implications for social policy. I think that it should not be... Read More

Jeff has the weekly check on the bias along with a nice pic of a Ruger Vaquero with bird's head grips. Last year people were shocked that Smith & Wesson would make a 1911 pistol. Now it's been announced... Read More

Michael Williams agrees in part and disagrees in part with my previous thoughts on taking someone's life. Michael Williams swings a bit at a straw man. Yes, I believe in a soul that lives after death, as does any conventional... Read More

How about a stroll down Bear Flag League Lane? It’s a long stroll. Pack a lunch. First and foremost, Deb has a Link to her wedding pictures. Since I never gave the proper nod to Jay and Deb’s nuptials, I’ll Read More

Yes, it's true, today is World Hug Day, even if Grouphug hasn't recognized it yet. So I will spread the love around to some folks who need it...Toby, for one, could use one, but it will have to be virtual.... Read More

How about a stroll down Bear Flag League Lane? It’s a long stroll. Pack a lunch. First and foremost, Deb has a Link to her wedding pictures. Since I never gave the proper nod to Jay and Deb’s nuptials, I’ll Read More

...on the Democrat Presidential contenders. First, go read Mike Williams' (the blogger, not the football star) run-down of the D.C. Debate. It's funny. Almost as funny as Dennis Kucinich saying that the reason for George Bush's space initiative *must* ... Read More

The letter of the day is S! S is for Scarlet Letters S is for Sham S is for State of the Schwarzenegger S is for Sacrastic Pennsylavania Bashing S is for Suppositions S is for Stewart Jury Selection S... Read More

In downtown L.A. ...will update. Initial reports are that is was 6.5 on the richter, slightly less than Northridge, centered near San Simeon...150 miles NW of Los Angeles, up the coast. I was in my high-rise office building in Downtown... Read More

It would seem natural that a Bear Flag Review have some sort of Holiday theme this time 'round. However, which holiday to choose? Chanukkah? Christmas? Kwanzaa? Boxing Day? So, in order to be politically correct, this Bear Flag Review has... Read More

Mike Williams, the blogger, not the best collegiate wide receiver in the nation, continues the debate over Civil Unions and Gay Marriage. He believes that there is little difference between California or Vermont style Civil Unions and Marriage, so long... Read More

Michael Williams, Master of None, has asked for my commentary on this post about Civil Unions and the erosion of marriage rights. It is along the same lines of Ith's post earlier this week. Marriage currently affords several special rights...among... Read More

Mike Williams the blogger, NOT Mike Williams the USC wide receiver, reminds us that single people are subject to the same discrimination as gays and lesbians, when it comes to many government policies...is it doubly-worse if you are a single... Read More

Technical difficulties in the morning... Babysitting duties at lunch... A way-behind-schedule DASH bus... And a trip to the gym... None of these things will keep the BoiFromTroy from delivering the promised Bear Flag Review! First, let me welcome the f... Read More

CalBlogger Justene is being threatened with a lawsuit over comments (currently unavailable for obvious legal reasons) here. The Bear Flag... Read More

...laundary and a special flaming Bear Flag Review... on Thursday night's "agenda" Fires have dominated the blogging of many Southern Californians, but I will also try to cull out their other stories for the week. Aaron provides a pictographic story... Read More

Jay Solo's Carnival of the Capitalists has just made its scheduled arrival at Winds of Change. Please prepare for boarding, and ensure that your mental baggage is securely stowed in the overhead compartments.... Read More

Jay Solo's Carnival of the Capitalists has just made its scheduled arrival at Winds of Change. Please prepare for boarding, and ensure that your mental baggage is securely stowed in the overhead compartments.... Read More

Jay Solo's Carnival of the Capitalists has just made its scheduled arrival at Winds of Change. Please prepare for boarding, and ensure that your mental baggage is securely stowed in the overhead compartments.... Read More

Jay Solo's Carnival of the Capitalists has just made its scheduled arrival at Winds of Change. Please prepare for boarding, and ensure that your mental baggage is securely stowed in the overhead compartments.... Read More

Jay Solo's Carnival of the Capitalists has just made its scheduled arrival at Winds of Change. Please prepare for boarding, and ensure that your mental baggage is securely stowed in the overhead compartments.... Read More

Jay Solo's Carnival of the Capitalists has just made its scheduled arrival at Winds of Change. Please prepare for boarding, and ensure that your mental baggage is securely stowed in the overhead compartments.... Read More

Since the recall election, Bear Flaggers continue to grow in numbers. Some members have taken to a blog "vacation" while others are starting to spread out and show the true diversity that exists among California's conservative blogging community. Here ... Read More

Jay Solo's Carnival of the Capitalists has just made its scheduled arrival at Winds of Change. Please prepare for boarding, and ensure that your mental baggage is securely stowed in the overhead compartments.... Read More

Jay Solo's Carnival of the Capitalists has just made its scheduled arrival at Winds of Change. Please prepare for boarding, and ensure that your mental baggage is securely stowed in the overhead compartments.... Read More

Jay Solo's Carnival of the Capitalists has just made its scheduled arrival at Winds of Change. Please prepare for boarding, and ensure that your mental baggage is securely stowed in the overhead compartments.... Read More

Jay Solo's Carnival of the Capitalists has just made its scheduled arrival at Winds of Change. Please prepare for boarding, and ensure that your mental baggage is securely stowed in the overhead compartments.... Read More

By the Swiss, no less. The Bejus Pundit's resident grammar-master at large: "Joshua Livestro reports that the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen has instituted a regressive tax structure in which marginal tax rates go down as residents earn more money --... Read More

First off...  any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here, and here.  Die spambots, die!  And now...  here are all the links submitted by members of the Watcher's Council for this week's vote. Council links:The Exec... Read More

First off...  any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here, and here.  Die spambots, die!  And now...  here are all the links submitted by members of the Watcher's Council for this week's vote. Council links:The Exec... Read More

Anonymous vs. Pseudonymous Michael Williams has a good quick post on the difference between anonymous and pseudonymous writing. "Murdoc" is not my real name. I took the name from the character Murdoc Jern in the Andre Norton sci-fi series about... Read More

Barbara Boxer needs you! Hat tip: BlogoSPHERICS... Read More

Justene was kind enough to let me know that anyone willing to take on the herculean task of doing a Bear Flag league roundup is more than welcome...so today, i take my shot in this final weekend before the recall...... Read More

First off...  any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here, and here.  Die spambots, die!  And now...  here are all the links submitted by members of the Watcher's Council for this week's vote. Council links:The Exec... Read More

Michael Williams notes some movement among Congressional Republicans to curb spending and writes: Apparently President Bush's mention of fiscal discipline was more than window-dressing. I hope Republicans will quit doing all the things we castigated th... Read More

First off...  any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here, and here.  Die spambots, die!  And now...  the winning entries in the Watcher's Council vote for this week are The Heart of Change by Alpha Patriot, and Sad... Read More

"Attorney" General Bill Lockyer (who, contrary to his title, has never worked a day in his life as an attorney, except the day that he committed a serious ethical breach by revealing confidential statements by then-Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger), is... Read More

"Attorney" General Bill Lockyer (who, contrary to his title, has never worked a day in his life as an attorney, except the day that he committed a serious ethical breach by revealing confidential statements by then-Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger), is... Read More

Michael Williams has a run-in with some California grocery workers who are out on strike. Again? Still? Who knows? Read More

Welcome to this weeks Carnival of the Capitalists. Below are 26 posts on economics, business, marketing, and more. Next weeks Read More

Welcome to this weeks Carnival of the Capitalists. Below are 28 posts on economics, business, marketing, and more. Next weeks Read More

Welcome to this weeks Carnival of the Capitalists. Below are 28 posts on economics, business, marketing, and more. Next weeks Read More

Welcome to this weeks Carnival of the Capitalists. Below are 28 posts on economics, business, marketing, and more. Next weeks Read More

Welcome to this weeks Carnival of the Capitalists. Below are 28 posts on economics, business, marketing, and more. Next weeks Read More

Welcome to this weeks Carnival of the Capitalists. Below are 28 posts on economics, business, marketing, and more. Next weeks Read More

Welcome to this weeks Carnival of the Capitalists. Below are 28 posts on economics, business, marketing, and more. Next weeks Read More

Welcome to this weeks Carnival of the Capitalists. Below are 28 posts on economics, business, marketing, and more. Next weeks Read More

A reader commented yesterday "I'm not sure I understand. No one can not forget anything other than 9/11, specifically the one in 2001?" To be honest, this offends me more than the shirt. Read More

It's four days since the last Bear Flag Review. What can Bear Flaggers do in just four days? Take a look and see:Aaron has this provocative rant about Islam.Ith's blood boils.Deb, who is very busy, gets her 20,000 visitor while... Read More

There is an exciting debate between Xrlq and Michael Williams, in the comments to this Michael Williams post about partial-birth abortion. I am happy to have someone else debating Xrlq for once -- and unlike some of my debates with... Read More

That's Washington Monument Defense, not Weapons of Mass Destruction, though both are used in much the same way. The latter keeps invasion at bay, the former, budget cuts. Both are deployed at politicians eager to maintain their independence. The WMD... Read More

First off...  any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here, and here.  Die spambots, die!  And now...  here are all the links submitted by members of the Watcher's Council for this week's vote. Council links:Correcti... Read More

There is a serious amount of good blogging going on with the Bear Flag league. Here's a few samples. Baldilocks writes that it's amazing the way the human mind works. Selective, too. Blogospherics couldn't resist the pressure, and finally commented... Read More

Gay "marriage" advocates who see the courts as the appropriate vehicle to implement their agenda would do well to read Dean Esmay's "last" post on the subject, in which he compares them to the idiot heroines in horror movies who... Read More

There is a serious amount of good blogging going on with the Bear Flag league. Here's a few samples. Baldilocks writes that it's amazing the way the human mind works. Selective, too. Blogospherics couldn't resist the pressure, and finally commented... Read More

There is a serious amount of good blogging going on with the Bear Flag league. Here's a few samples. Aaron's Rantblog has a suggestion: Tech Support Triage. Baldilocks writes that it's amazing the way the human mind works. Selective, too.... Read More

Michael Williams has apparently been criticized for using such heated and biased rhetoric as calling the convenience killing of unborn children "murder." To the contrary, it seems to me that pro-lifers do themselves no good by giving their opponents &#... Read More

This week's Carnival of the Capitalists is up. We talk about entrepreneurs, systems manglement, reparations, Alan Greenspan and the "Invasion... Read More

This week's Carnival of the Capitalists is up. We talk about entrepreneurs, systems manglement, reparations, Alan Greenspan and the "Invasion... Read More

Michael Williams and Xrlq have been engaged in a debate on the rhetoric used by pro-life advocates in the debate on abortion. Like Xrlq, I have serious reservations about the rhetoric of the pro-life side as well, specifically in equating... Read More

Michael Williams and Xrlq have been engaged in a debate on the rhetoric used by pro-life advocates in the debate on abortion. Like Xrlq, I have serious reservations about the rhetoric of the pro-life side as well, specifically in equating... Read More

Michael Williams and Xrlq have been engaged in a debate on the rhetoric used by pro-life advocates in the debate on abortion. Like Xrlq, I have serious reservations about the rhetoric of the pro-life side as well, specifically in equating... Read More

Michael Williams and Xrlq have been engaged in a debate on the rhetoric used by pro-life advocates in the debate on abortion. Like Xrlq, I have serious reservations about the rhetoric of the pro-life side as well, specifically in equating... Read More

Michael Williams and Xrlq have been engaged in a debate on the rhetoric used by pro-life advocates in the debate on abortion. Like Xrlq, I have serious reservations about the rhetoric of the pro-life side as well, specifically in equating... Read More

Michael Williams and Xrlq have been engaged in a debate on the rhetoric used by pro-life advocates in the debate on abortion. Like Xrlq, I have serious reservations about the rhetoric of the pro-life side as well, specifically in equating... Read More

I think it's important to vote and it's also important to know who you're voting for. So, here's some links to the presidential candidates and their stance on most of the important issues out there. Information on Clark, Kucinich, Sharpton... Read More

(Review) Several commentors at Michael Williams blog direct readers to some newer intepretations, mainly from conservative Christian sources, that say the Translation of Exodus 21:22-25 can be read so that the Hebrew Word for "miscarriage" can also be ... Read More

(Review) Several commentors at Michael Williams blog direct readers to some newer interpretations, mainly from conservative Christian sources, that say the Translation of Exodus 21:22-25 can be read so that the Hebrew Word for "miscarriage" can also be... Read More

Reading around the Blogosphere this morning; taking the temperature of the Kerry story. I dunno, I smell a rat, as does Jay Caruso. Seems like this rumor is coming from within his party rather than the VRWC. Has Al Gore... Read More

http://billhobbs.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/176 http://www.mwilliams.info/cgi-bin/mt/mt-tb.cgi/864 http://saysuncle.com/cgi-bin/mt-tb.cgi/1940 http://www.curmudgeonlyclerk.com/cgi-bin/mt-tb.cgi/694 http://www.noteitposts.com/cgi-bin/mt-tb.cgi/344 http://www.dean... Read More

http://billhobbs.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/176 http://www.mwilliams.info/cgi-bin/mt/mt-tb.cgi/864 http://saysuncle.com/cgi-bin/mt-tb.cgi/1940 http://www.curmudgeonlyclerk.com/cgi-bin/mt-tb.cgi/694 http://www.noteitposts.com/cgi-bin/mt-tb.cgi/344 http://www.dean... Read More

Bill Hobbs points us to this helpful post by Michael Williams.... Read More

Roy Moore and Gavin Newsom as two peas in a pod? As goes the goose, so goes the gander? Glenn Reynolds observes: It's not civil disobedience when it's done by someone who controls the machinery of government -- it's usurpation,... Read More

Roy Moore and Gavin Newsom as two peas in a pod? As goes the goose, so goes the gander? Glenn Reynolds observes: It's not civil disobedience when it's done by someone who controls the machinery of government -- it's usurpation,... Read More

Roy Moore and Gavin Newsom as two peas in a pod? As goes the goose, so goes the gander? Glenn Reynolds observes: It's not civil disobedience when it's done by someone who controls the machinery of government -- it's usurpation,... Read More

In reading Michael Williams' rather amusing How To Tell If You're An Idiot, he repeats something I and others have observed: Democracies very rarely go... Read More

Michael Williams calls Sean Penn on his latest nonsense.... Read More

Welcome to the Carnival of the Capitalists! Carnival of the Capitalists is a weekly collection of business-themed articles from the best and brightest on the web. I am always impressed by the serious thought reflected in the pieces published on the Car... Read More

Welcome to the Carnival of the Capitalists! Carnival of the Capitalists is a weekly collection of business-themed articles from the best and brightest on the web. I am always impressed by the serious thought reflected in the pieces published on the Car... Read More

Welcome to the Carnival of the Capitalists! Carnival of the Capitalists is a weekly collection of business-themed articles from the best and brightest on the web. I am always impressed by the serious thought reflected in the pieces published on the Car... Read More

Welcome to the Carnival of the Capitalists! Carnival of the Capitalists is a weekly collection of business-themed articles from the best and brightest on the web. I am always impressed by the serious thought reflected in the pieces published on the Car... Read More

I am a server at a restaurant, so I see lots of people on a day to day basis. It is incredible how much like balloons people are. Some people really are absolutely gigantic. And they just seem to keep... Read More

Michael Williams explains how to tell if you're an idiot, reveals just who is objecting to urging teens to abstain from sex, and expands on a Donald Sensing post about whether we'll continue to be a nation governed by laws,... Read More

Michael Williams explains how to tell if you're an idiot, reveals just who is objecting to urging teens to abstain from sex, and expands on a Donald Sensing post about whether we'll continue to be a nation governed by laws,... Read More

Michael Williams explains how to tell if you're an idiot, reveals just who is objecting to urging teens to abstain from sex, and expands on a Donald Sensing post about whether we'll continue to be a nation governed by laws,... Read More

Michael Williams explains how to tell if you're an idiot, reveals just who is objecting to urging teens to abstain from sex, and expands on a Donald Sensing post about whether we'll continue to be a nation governed by laws,... Read More

Michael Williams explains how to tell if you're an idiot, reveals just who is objecting to urging teens to abstain from sex, and expands on a Donald Sensing post about whether we'll continue to be a nation governed by laws,... Read More

Michael Williams explains how to tell if you're an idiot, reveals just who is objecting to urging teens to abstain from sex, and expands on a Donald Sensing post about whether we'll continue to be a nation governed by laws,... Read More

Thanks, Michael. I just have one point I would like to make. It's merely a battle lost, not the war. 1John 5:3-5 "This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born... Read More

A very little bit.... Eenterestink - the Battle of the Pseudonicks goes on. And on. And on. And on. And... you get the picture.*snicker* A wide variety of opinions, links - and questions - on the topic. The Curmudgeonlyclerk's link... Read More

Michael examines the voting records of some senators. Edwards and Kerry seem to be skipping on their day jobs. Jeff rips Kerry a new one.... Read More

Michael Williams decided to look at Senate voting records since Kerry and Edwards began their campaigns. Both Senators had absentee rates of more than 40% for their terms. What's worse is that Kerry's absentee rate was 57% before beginning his... Read More

Since S.F. Mayor Gavin Newsom began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples last week, there've been a slew of posts Read More

Since S.F. Mayor Gavin Newsom began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples last week, there've been a slew of posts Read More

Since the Massachusetts supreme court decision and S.F. Mayor Gavin Newsom began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples last week, Read More

Go check out the Rumsfeld Fighting Technique. [via Michael Williams]... Read More

Michael Williams is working on an interesting sort of collective min-blog thing that some of you might be interested in. I just don't have time,... Read More

Attitudes (and I say attitudes because it behooves me to think someone could actually think this way), piss me off:... Read More

Michael Williams has some thoughts and support for President Bush's support for a marriage amendment: I'm glad that President Bush is now supporting a Constitutional Amendment to ban gay "marriages", but Read More

Blackfive 'splains what troop rotation really means. Pity such detail escapes the media... We are not in the middle of a 'crisis'. This is not a 'contingency op'. We are a nation at war. Many don't understand this premise. We... Read More

Michael Williams reviews New York Times film critic A.O. Scott's review of The Passion of the Christ. Well worth reading. In the piece, Williams summarizes the gospel in a nutshell: It would have been far more just and right if... Read More

It is quiet... sort of. As I mentioned in my previous post, I am on vacation this week so I can host a visit from my grandson. Caring for him is not onerous, so I am enjoying his visit. He... Read More

U.S. Representative Corrine Brown did issue an apology yesterday for her offensive remarks. Kind of: Brown also wrote a letter to Noriega, in which she apologized again "if what I said was construed as a personal affront." "The State Department... Read More

Conitnuing the roundup... Lil' Miss Atilla isn't pleased with GW. But that doesn't mean she's lost her head, either. Mike is assaulting Feinstein's assault on assault weapons. Yes, Mike, it is sometimes hard being a Californian. Mr. Miller wonders how... Read More

Conitnuing the roundup... Lil' Miss Atilla isn't pleased with GW. But that doesn't mean she's lost her head, either. Mike is assaulting Feinstein's assault on assault weapons. Yes, Mike, it is sometimes hard being a Californian. Mr. Miller wonders how... Read More

Continuing the roundup... Lil' Miss Atilla isn't pleased with GW. But that doesn't mean she's lost her head, either. Mike is assaulting Feinstein's assault on assault weapons. Yes, Mike, it is sometimes hard being a Californian. Mr. Miller wonders how... Read More

Having about twice the incidence of male victims over population incidence of homosexual priests is probably not out of line from what you'd expect. Read More

Welcome to this week's edition of the Carnival of the Capitalists! Last week's Carnival can be found here Miscellany First * Professor Bainbridge discusses Martha Stewart and executive compensation. Executive compensation long has been a target of shar... Read More

Here's something to wonder about. A study of the Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal has some interesting findings: More than 80 percent of minors under the age of 18 who were Read More

One of the benefits of being on my own domain name are web statistics...knowing who you all are and where you're coming from. To that end, I want to send out a heartfelt thanks to my top referrers and searchers... Read More

One of the benefits of being on my own domain name are web statistics...knowing who you all are and where you're coming from. To that end, I want to send out a heartfelt thanks to my top referrers and searchers... Read More

Michael, The Master of None pontificates on the recent ballot initiatives in California It reminds me of last summer when I was leaving the Fry's in the City of Industry. A petitioner asked me if I wanted to sign the... Read More

The California Supreme Court today said that a catholic charity had to provide birth control coverage in their health insurance plan, and it just frankly makes sense... Read More

It's been many, many weeks (shoot, a few months) since we last had a Kissing Booth and it is past time to renew the tradition. To have your entry included simply email it to kissbooth-at-singlesouthernguy.com. Please include the title of... Read More

It's been many, many weeks (shoot, a few months) since we last had a Kissing Booth and it is past time to renew the tradition. To have your entry included simply email it to kissbooth-at-singlesouthernguy.com. Please include the title of... Read More

Let's go back to Thursday for a moment, and Andrew Sullivan's summary of his view about civil disobedience. There's something similar, here, to my objections about the civil rights lingo cooption. As I've complained before, to compare the San Francisco... Read More

Michael Williams highlighted this part of Sullivan's comments in my previous Sullivanalia post: He believes that all non-Catholics are going to hell, another heresy. In an update to his post, Michael beat me to clarifying this point because, in looking... Read More

Michael Williams highlighted this part of Sullivan's comments from my previous Sullivanalia post: [Mel Gibson] believes that all non-Catholics are going to hell, another heresy. In an update to his post, Michael beat me to clarifying this point because... Read More

Michael Williams highlighted this part of Sullivan's comments from my previous Sullivanalia post: [Mel Gibson] believes that all non-Catholics are going to hell, another heresy. In an update to his post, Michael beat me to clarifying this point because... Read More

Michael Williams highlighted this part of Sullivan's comments from my previous Sullivanalia post: [Mel Gibson] believes that all non-Catholics are going to hell, another heresy. In an update to his post, Michael beat me to clarifying this point because... Read More

Welcome to this week's edition of Carnival of the Capitalists! We hope you enjoy your time here at Catallarchy, and please do check out some of our "Popular Entries" on the right sidebar. Now, on to the main event. We... Read More

And here’s the second half. More conservatives in Cali than anyone thought, eh? The good things about this roundup are: I get to update my links to sites and get to find little hidden gems. Here we go again. Michael Read More

A belated post linking to the November 6th results will be accepted if it also links to all entries... Read More

A belated post linking to the November 6th results will be accepted if it also links to all entries... Read More

A belated post linking to the November 6th results will be accepted if it also links to all entries... Read More

A belated post linking to the November 6th results will be accepted if it also links to all entries... Read More

A belated post linking to the November 6th results will be accepted if it also links to all entries... Read More

You know, the song...the one that gopes, "U - C - L - A SUCKS!" Well for the second time today, there's evidence, this time from Michael Williams: "Of the registered voters in [five UCLA] departments, 6% are righties." Granted,... Read More

You know, the song...the one that gopes, "U - C - L - A SUCKS!" Well for the second time today, there's evidence, this time from Michael Williams: "Of the registered voters in [five UCLA] departments, 6% are righties." Granted,... Read More

You know, the song...the one that gopes, "U - C - L - A SUCKS!" Well for the second time today, there's evidence, this time from Michael Williams: "Of the registered voters in [five UCLA] departments, 6% are righties." Granted,... Read More

You know, the song...the one that gopes, "U - C - L - A SUCKS!" Well for the second time today, there's evidence, this time from Michael Williams: "Of the registered voters in [five UCLA] departments, 6% are righties." Granted,... Read More

You know, the song...the one that gopes, "U - C - L - A SUCKS!" Well for the second time today, there's evidence, this time from Michael Williams: "Of the registered voters in [five UCLA] departments, 6% are righties." Granted,... Read More

You know, the song...the one that goes, "U - C - L - A SUCKS!" Well for the second time today, there's evidence, this time from Michael Williams: "Of the registered voters in [five UCLA] departments, 6% are righties." Granted,... Read More

I don't really mean the title of this post, but I needed a sufficient rib for the Trackback section of this indulgence in science-guy hauteur by Michael Williams. Michael takes from an Eli Lehrer piece comparing the broad fields of... Read More

I don't really mean the title of this post, but I needed a sufficient rib for the Trackback section of this indulgence in science-guy hauteur by Michael Williams. Michael takes from an Eli Lehrer piece comparing the broad fields of... Read More

Although not as predictable as researchers' conclusion that (funding for) more research is necessary, it seems at least very common that a scientist will tend to see her particular area of research as the single-greatest endeavor known to human beings.... Read More

Although not as predictable as researchers' conclusion that (funding for) more research is necessary, it seems at least very common that a scientist will tend to see her particular area of research as the single-greatest endeavor known to human beings.... Read More

I think I can bring a unique perspective to this debate. I have a B.S in Engineering, currently do a lot of database management and am currently pursuing and M.A. in History. So, you see, I have a foot planted firmly in both camps. Read More

Reading Master Of None today, on Les's excellent recommendation, I came across a story on

I met Patterico, Baldilocks, Michael Williams, Little Miss Attila, Breaker, Ith, Nin, BoiFromTroy and Justin Levine of Calblog and Socallawblog. Also present were Maddy and Justene, both of whom I'd met on two prior occasions. Other previously Xrlnq'ed... Read More

Food is good. Good food is better. Good company and good food is best. I had the pleasure of both today: Saturday Brunch with the Bear Flag League. The participants: Patterico Xrlq Absinthe&Cookies (Ith and Nin all the way from Read More

Food is good. Good food is better. Good company and good food is best. I had the pleasure of the latter today: Saturday Brunch with the Bear Flag League. The participants: Patterico Xrlq Absinthe&Cookies (Ith and Nin all the way Read More

We met, we ate, we drank mimosas, management let us hang for over 3 hours. Pictures are at Master of None. General murmurings of pleasure are here, here and here. UPDATE: The picture link now points to the pictures. While... Read More

Seven birds -- that's right, seven -- stand between the US Border Patrol and 800 feet of fencing to... Read More

Seven birds -- that's right, seven -- stand between the US Border Patrol and 800 feet of fencing to... Read More

Seven birds -- that's right, seven -- stand between the US Border Patrol and 800 feet of fencing to... Read More

I met Patterico, Baldilocks, Michael Williams, Little Miss Attila, Breaker, Ith, Nin, BoiFromTroy and Justin Levine of Calblog and Socallawblog for brunch today at the Warehouse in Pattericoville Marina Del Rey. Also present were Maddy and Justene, bot... Read More

I met Patterico, Baldilocks, Michael Williams, Little Miss Attila, Breaker, Ith, Nin, BoiFromTroy and Justin Levine of Calblog and Socallawblog for brunch today at the Warehouse in Pattericoville Marina Del Rey. Also present were Maddy and Justene, bot... Read More

We saw, we ate, we talked. And talked, and talked, and talked! What am I talking about? Why the BFL... Read More

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, the candidate that 4 out of 5 terrorists recommend, has made it clear that Spain will be pulling out of Iraq unless the feckless and corrupt United Nations is put in complete control of the entire... Read More

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, the candidate that 4 out of 5 terrorists recommend, has made it clear that Spain will be pulling out of Iraq unless the feckless and corrupt United Nations is put in complete control of the entire... Read More

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, the candidate that 4 out of 5 terrorists recommend, has made it clear that Spain will be pulling out of Iraq unless the feckless and corrupt United Nations is put in complete control of the entire... Read More

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, the candidate that 4 out of 5 terrorists recommend, has made it clear that Spain will be pulling out of Iraq unless the feckless and corrupt United Nations is put in complete control of the entire... Read More

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, the candidate that 4 out of 5 terrorists recommend, has made it clear that Spain will be pulling out of Iraq unless the feckless and corrupt United Nations is put in complete control of the entire... Read More

First off...  any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here, and here.  Die spambots, die!  And now...  here are all the links submitted by members of the Watcher's Council for this week's vote. Council links:Extra! B... Read More

First off...  any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here, and here.  Die spambots, die!  And now...  here are all the links submitted by members of the Watcher's Council for this week's vote. Council links:Extra! B... Read More

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, the candidate that 4 out of 5 terrorists recommend, has made it clear that Spain will be pulling out of Iraq unless the feckless and corrupt United Nations is put in complete control of the entire... Read More

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, the candidate that 4 out of 5 terrorists recommend, has made it clear that Spain will be pulling out of Iraq unless the feckless and corrupt United Nations is put in complete control of the entire... Read More

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, the candidate that 4 out of 5 terrorists recommend, has made it clear that Spain will be pulling out of Iraq unless the feckless and corrupt United Nations is put in complete control of the entire... Read More

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, the candidate that 4 out of 5 terrorists recommend, has made it clear that Spain will be pulling out of Iraq unless the feckless and corrupt United Nations is put in complete control of the entire... Read More

Michael Williams has got the right idea but the wrong law to go after illegal aliens lobbying for the foreign government of Mexico. He points to an article alleging Mexican Govt. involvement in lobbying using illegal aliens holding matricula consular... Read More

Many comrades recently writing about sudden spikes in blog traffic, Dean Esmay, Bill Hobbs, Tao of Dowingba, and Michael Williams. many considerations. Read whole things, da? One more problem. Instalanche (or in Commissar's case, Wonk-alanche, Allah-la... Read More

Michael Williams covers Dominque's statement and tears it up bit by bit. Stupid or a liar? I vote for both.... Read More

TITLE: ChatNannies analysis URL: http://aaroncommand.com/blogs/apatters/archive/2004/03/19/1951.aspx IP: 209.133.228.88 BLOG NAME: Aaron Command DATE: 03/19/2004 05:06:21 PM TITLE: ChatNannies analysis URL: http://aaroncommand.com/blogs/apatters/archive/2004/03/19/1951.aspx IP: 209.133.228.88 BLOG NAME: Aaron Command DATE: 03/19/2004 05:06:21 PM TITLE: ChatNannies analysis URL: http://aaroncommand.com/blogs/apatters/archive/2004/03/19/1951.aspx IP: 209.133.228.88 BLOG NAME: Aaron Command DATE: 03/19/2004 05:06:21 PM Read More

Here is the latest pearl of wisdom from Dominique de Villepin: "Terrorism didn't exist in Iraq before...  today, it is one of the world's principal sources of world terrorism." Leave it to a Frenchman to sound ignorant, dishonest, cowardly, and... Read More

Here is the latest pearl of wisdom from Dominique de Villepin: "Terrorism didn't exist in Iraq before...  today, it is one of the world's principal sources of world terrorism." Leave it to a Frenchman to sound ignorant, dishonest, cowardly, and... Read More

Here is the latest pearl of wisdom from Dominique de Villepin: "Terrorism didn't exist in Iraq before...  today, it is one of the world's principal sources of world terrorism." Leave it to a Frenchman to sound ignorant, dishonest, cowardly, and... Read More

Here is the latest pearl of wisdom from Dominique de Villepin: "Terrorism didn't exist in Iraq before...  today, it is one of the world's principal sources of world terrorism." Leave it to a Frenchman to sound ignorant, dishonest, cowardly, and... Read More

Chris Lawrence, Robert Prather, the Rottweiler, Michael Williams and countless others are all gloating over the recent assassination of Sheik Ahmed Yassin, the spiritual leader of Hamas. While I cannot condone the tactics of Hamas, I am loathe to celeb... Read More

Michael Newdow is scheduled to argue on Wednesday that the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional. I hope that he loses this turkey on the merits, thereby sparing us a repeat of this spectacle a few years from now. However, there... Read More

Michael Newdow is scheduled to argue on Wednesday that the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional. I hope that he loses this turkey on the merits, thereby sparing us a repeat of this spectacle a few years from now. However, there... Read More

From the moment I first heard about them, camera phones struck me as the most useless idea, ever. Hey, it's a phone! With a camera! Just like you always wanted! Even the people doing ads for them have seemed stumped.... Read More

From the moment I first heard about them, camera phones struck me as the most useless idea, ever. Hey, it's a phone! With a camera! Just like you always wanted! Even the people doing ads for them have seemed stumped.... Read More

From the moment I first heard about them, camera phones struck me as the most useless idea, ever. Hey, it's a phone! With a camera! Just like you always wanted! Even the people doing ads for them have seemed stumped.... Read More

Here are some good photo essays on a very significant part of the Democratic Party. Just call them John Kerry's base. [Found it via Michael Williams]... Read More

A belated post linking to the January 15th results will be accepted if it also links to all entries nominated for... Read More

A belated post linking to the January 15th results will be accepted if it also links to all entries nominated for... Read More

Michael, it looks like Instapundit needs your help once again. Since you don't have any sort of bat signal/ giant light beam in the sky, I figured this would be a way to let you know someone needed your talents... Read More

So you should listen to him. I do. Religiously. (see how well I follow instruction?) (watching the hits roll in)... Read More

Reading over at Master of None, Michael points us to an essay by the Commissar himself on

How pathetically self-promoting is it to blog about blogging: especially your own blog? But here I go anyway... As of today, JDDC has seen a doubling of visits to the site compared to last month. This coincides with a 30% increase in unique individuals... Read More

How pathetically self-promoting is it to blog about blogging: especially your own blog? But here I go anyway... As of today, JDDC has seen a doubling of visits to the site compared to last month. This coincides with a 30% increase in unique individuals... Read More

How pathetically self-promoting is it to blog about blogging: especially your own blog? But here I go anyway... As of today, JDDC has seen a doubling of visits to the site compared to last month. This coincides with a 30% increase in unique individuals... Read More

How pathetically self-promoting is it to blog about blogging: especially your own blog? But here I go anyway... As of today, JDDC has seen a doubling of visits to the site compared to last month. This coincides with a 30% increase in unique individuals... Read More

How pathetically self-promoting is it to blog about blogging: especially your own blog? But here I go anyway... As of today, JDDC has seen a doubling of visits to the site compared to last month. This coincides with a 30% increase in unique individuals... Read More

Yesterday, I demonstrated rules 1 and 2 of the patented and guaranteed "Michael Williams' Rocket Science Rules to Increasing Blog... Read More

Read. Lileks. Today. [Ooh - punctuation! The. Ghost. Of. Rachel. Lucas. Lives...] "And I bring this up . . . why? Because I want to blame the Clinton administration? Look: to me that's ancient history. That’s Flintstone time. If it... Read More

Dog Snot Diaries has A Night with the Moonbats. The report is interesting, but the comments are a lot more entertaining to read. Yeesh. Do NOT go into them without your flame retardent underoos, k? And if you do... toss... Read More

And today it is Jay...as in One Fine. J is for Justice being served... J is for Jukebox blogging... J is for Judicial restrictivism... J is for Juvenile E-bay purchases... J is for Joao, and other names of hot Brazilian... Read More

Michael Williams informs readers of a pair of identical bills making their way through Congress with two central themes: Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Supreme Court shall not have jurisdiction to review, by appeal, writ of ce... Read More

Michael Williams informs readers of a pair of identical bills making their way through Congress with two central themes: Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Supreme Court shall not have jurisdiction to review, by appeal, writ of ce... Read More

Michael Williams informs readers of a pair of identical bills making their way through Congress with two central themes: Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Supreme Court shall not have jurisdiction to review, by appeal, writ of ce... Read More

Michael Williams informs readers of a pair of identical bills making their way through Congress with two central themes: Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Supreme Court shall not have jurisdiction to review, by appeal, writ of ce... Read More

Michael Williams highlighted this part of Sullivan's comments from my previous Sullivanalia post: [Mel Gibson] believes that all non-Catholics are going to hell, another heresy. In an update to his post, Michael beat me to clarifying this point because... Read More

A belated post linking to the January 15th results will be accepted if it also links to all entries nominated for that week... your votes can't be accepted until this post is... Read More

A belated post linking to the January 15th results will be accepted if it also links to all entries nominated for that week... your votes can't be accepted until this post is... Read More

Air America has been a big hit with Bloggers today. In adition to my commentary below, Here's a sample of what others are saying: QandO: I doubt Al Franken is going to be the liberal Rush. He may be funny,... Read More

Michael Williams writes about "real faith." Bonus: It'll take less time to read than listening to a 30-minute sermon.... Read More

On the end of uncertainty:I was stunned by two things: First, that it was a verse no one had ever told me about before - and I thought I already knew everything in the Bible. Second, that there was actually... Read More

Message on a local Islamic mosque not far from where I work: "Charity suppresses the wrath of Allah." Huh. So, Allah is angry and to calm him down you have to give to charity out of fear, in order to... Read More

Message on a local Islamic mosque not far from where I work: "Charity suppresses the wrath of Allah." Huh. So, Allah is angry and to calm him down you have to give to charity out of fear, in order to... Read More

Forbes takes a look at megachurches, which are defined as non-Catholic churches with at least 2,000 members. Huh. The church where I and my family are members qualifies, though compared to the "megachurches" on the Forbes list of the ten... Read More

Michael Williams has a thought about dealing with Fallujah, where a mob of terrorists hoping for a Ba'athist rennaissance in Iraq. I know, "Ba'athist rennaissance" is an oxymoron, but you know what I mean - a revival of the Ba'athist... Read More

So, documents suggest that Annan and Clinton knew about the Rwandan genocide. Now, I know Annan is pretty much a total bastard, but Clinton? Geez.... Read More

The Fallujahites have committed an atrocity that is truly over the top. Let's see if "the world" condemns the atrocity or, as I suspect, reacts with a - you got what you Americans deserve - shrug. Kevin Drum has a Read More

It's Friday, the weather is great, and the weekend is just around the corner. The only thing that could make it better is the Twelve Pack! OK, that might be a stretch, but as always, there are some great thoughts here. Read More

No missing letters of the day...L came so late, I must skip to M! M is for Maverick McCain... M is for Masses at Memorial Park... M is for Mired Messes... M is for Master's Merriment... M is for More... Read More

No missing letters of the day...L came so late, I must skip to M! M is for Maverick McCain... M is for Masses at Memorial Park... M is for Mired Messes... M is for Master's Merriment... M is for More... Read More

Taking a cue from my previous two posts plus dire warnings on Fox News about the possibility for a big one (earthquake) in California and a zippy hurricaine season, I decided to mention this. If one is really interested in a discussion on how to repopu... Read More