Not so Swift

I'm not a fan of modern country (give me Hank Williams and Bob Wills, thanks) or of television, but last night I caught the opening of the Country Music Awards. Taylor Swift is certainly a pop star worthy of more respect than usual for maintaining her personal...

What the conservative said…

I find it intriguing (and pleasant) when I agree so wholeheartedly with a diehard conservative. (I find, however, that I often agree with old-school conservatives, just not "neo-conservatives.") There isn't a word of this blog entry by Daniel Larison,...

Ilk alert!

Warning: the endangered ilk has returned to its habitat. Just snapped a pic in my back yard: Also worthy of note–a wicked conspiracy gets unmasked near the end of our current commentary. One about which we should all be informed, involving jihadis, purity of...

The Tunnel Bar: haunted by a scary coat?

Call me a skeptic, but I find reports of ghosts to be immediately suspect. I can believe that something causes the phenomenon of "seeing ghosts," I'm simply not convinced that has to be something supernatural. Imagine telling someone in 1850 that one day...