It is another round of the annual battle against the weeds, with Deb, BeezleBub, and I cleaning, weeding, and mulching around The Manse. I expect... [...]
I don't remember where I saw this. Maybe Instapundit. Maybe someplace else. Frankly, I don't remember. Even so, I found I agreed with this fellow.... [...]
The contrariness of weather has certainly made itself known here in New Hampshire, with rain over the weekend turning to warm and sunny for the... [...]
Despite the multitude of issues that will be debated during the presidential campaign, all others will pale in comparison to taxes. In these tough economic... [...]
The US Supreme Court upheld Indiana's Voter ID law, rejecting the argument that it disfranchised voters. The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that states can mandate... [...]
The primary campaign season is still in full swing and the left-leaning media is already making excuses for their anointed candidate, Barack Obama. Senator Obama... [...]
I have written little about the ongoing presidential primary races. Frankly, I was already exhausted from the campaigning that started all of two weeks after... [...]
Are any of you out there surprised I've been on an anti-anthropogenic global warming campaign lately? As more evidence comes to light that the AGW... [...]
The hysteria over global warming, and particularly the cries of ?Heretic!? coming from the followers of AlGore (may the blessings of Gaia be upon his... [...]
History abounds with examples of the Law Of Unintended Consequences. One particular example that repeats again and again is when laws are enacted that are... [...]
While this may not sound like alarming news to some, particularly those out on the West Coast, it certainly bothered me. Yesterday, regular gasoline was... [...]
It seems that every time we turn around there's news of technological breakthroughs that appear as if from an episode of Star Trek. New battery... [...]
I've heard many definitions of ?diplomacy?, my favorite one being the ability to say ?nice doggie? while reaching for a big stick. It seems everyone... [...]
Major Kirk Luedeke, military correspondent for GraniteGrok will be heading home from Iraq soon! The major, from the 4th Infantry Brigade (Dragon Brigade), 1st Infantry... [...]
When economic times get tough people tighten their belts a bit and open their wallets less often. The same is true of businesses, cutting back... [...]
Spring weather has finally made an appearance, with daytime temps in the 50's and the occasional 60's to be seen during the upcoming week. The... [...]
Apparently I'm not the only one questioning the claims of those saying global warming is inevitable, it's All-Our-Fault, and that we're all doomed unless we... [...]
Once again it appears that Congress has decided the oil companies are making too damn much money. Never mind they aren't making any more money... [...]
One of the commenters to this post in an Information Week blog, chronicled the repeated failures and problems with Microsoft's Windows Vista from the beginning.... [...]
We experienced a return to winter-like temperatures yesterday, with highs in the low 30's and high winds. However, today more than made up for it,... [...]
With some of the hoopla about health insurance for everyone being co-opted by the Democratic presidential candidates, and looking to Massachusetts to see how their... [...]
We've all heard about the Law of Unintended Consequences. It appears the Taliban is learning the lesson in Afghanistan. Taliban attacks on telecom towers have... [...]
As if we don't have enough reasons to hate Microsoft's Windows Vista, here's yet another one. PCs from Hewlett-Packard, Gateway, Lenovo, and other major computer... [...]
While the conservative blogosphere, as well as some of the more conservative dead tree media, have been pleased to see that lifelong liberal David Mamet... [...]
Bruce has a well thought out defense of the Second Amendment, tying in First Amendment rights to explain how wrong the District of Columbia got... [...]
Yet another set of blows has been struck against the Global Warming Is-The-Fault-Of-The-Evil-Humans believers. First, according to the holy writ from the sainted Al Gore,... [...]
After listening to yet another bunch of sanctimonious self-important pseudo-environmentalists in Washington State going on and on about global warming, the failure of the United... [...]
Though I've been paying attention to the Heller vs. The District of Columbia Second Amendment case, I have refrained from commenting other than some vague... [...]
Received via e-mail: 65' custom-built motor yacht complete with 4 staterooms, a state-of-the-art galley, GPS System and radar for navigation, twin supercharged diesel engines, etc:... [...]
Yesterday a co-worker told me about the problem Bear Sterns was facing, requiring a request for funds from the US government to prevent the investment... [...]
With the media abuzz with the revelations about New York Governor Eliot Spitzer's activities, there's been little else to write about. It is said that... [...]
I've come to really enjoy Pat Condell's video rants, tearing down all the foolishness he sees occurring in the UK, and elsewhere as well. This... [...]
It appears the anti-military Berkeley Virus has spread from its point of origin. A Simi Valley, California teen under foster care wanting to enlist in... [...]
I'd like to think the rhetoric about NAFTA being spouted by the two Democratic contenders for the presidential nomination is nothing more than campaign fluff,... [...]
Hosting a foreign exchange student can be an enlightening experience, for both the host family and the exchange student. However, that's not always the case,... [...]
Notwithstanding the doctors hand out a form about your children's health that includes the danger of guns--twenty children were killed in a year's time, according... [...]
John Derbyshire writes of the parenting that goes on today: excessive doting, kids inside rather than outside. Concerns about safety becoming paramount. He writes: My... [...]
It took six minutes before the police were able to enter the classroom that horrible Thursday at Northern Illinois University, and in that short time... [...]
If a company called QuantumSphere, Inc. has their way, we may be driving fuel cell cars a lot sooner than anyone had anticipated. QuantumSphere claims... [...]
Friday's snowfall did little to deter any Weekend Pundit activities, seeing how only 3 inches of the light fluffy stuff fell at The Manse. However,... [...]
When we hear the word ?slum? we think of run down urban areas with unmaintained buildings bearing broken or boarded up windows, trash filled vacant... [...]
By ending race preferences, which means a Haitian immigrant or a Mexican rich kid--yes, there are those--get put ahead of my three Caucasian sons? Somehow... [...]
Not only have the demographics of the state changed, but the government has taken on the political views of the immigrants to this state. However,... [...]
I've listened to her far-left analysis and blogged about it before. Now, not in Plymouth, NH, but in Los Angeles, California, Hugh Hewitt has electrified... [...]
This little country, newly independent from Serbia, first came to my attention when its beautiful scenery was captured in the entertaining Bond movie Casino Royale.... [...]
"The Church of England has just made itself totally irrelevant to the defence of civilisation." ~ Melanie Phillips. Obamamania: Obama's speeches are like cotton candy,... [...]
Is it any surprise legislation passed in response to concerns about global warming turns out to cause more problems than it solves? Not to me,... [...]
We should spend four percent of our Gross Domestic Product on our military. It's only prudent. We need to get our military revamped, that's for... [...]
The Patriots went 18-1. Arguably the most unsuccessful 18-1 record in football history. The Colts went 13-4, and were knocked out of the playoffs by... [...]
We can give Coulter and Christian-right leaders such as Dobson at least six other reasons to support McCain. They're all over 70, and they sit... [...]
In the first place, of course, our democratic beliefs and our new scientific insights into human behavior have nibbled away at the heroes we have... [...]
Russell Roberts, the great podcaster from the free market George Mason University economics department, links to Drew Carey's Reason.tv presentation of the middle class. Do... [...]
