Permanent Press

As you probably have noticed, I haven't really blogged at all in the last several months. It's been an accumulation of several fact...

A little Tom Wolfe on Harps and Donkeys from Bonfire of the Vanities:  

 Once again, Jim Mattis proves he's the best person in the current Presidential Administration. Apparently, the high school got in tou...

I'm currently taking a short sabbatical from the Aubrey-Maturin series to go back to my sweet spot of reading history books. I started...

Earlier this week, some British SAS soldiers were trapped in a small river bed in Iraq. The Brits were down to ten total bullets between ev...

That's what the headline is over at the Washington Post's  Volokh Conspiracy . Here's what the Court has next term: The court...

Illinois has long been spending more money than it's been taking in. When you aren't the federal government, and you have to actual...

Come over to Brad's site and add your two cents. Do you think the Supreme Court might wade into the political issue of partisan gerryma...

 This seems like obstruction of justice . During the conversation, Comey told lawmakers he confronted Lynch with a highly sensitive piec...

Thirteen years ago, I married a girl better looking that me, smarter than me, and nicer than me. She's the best thing that ever happene...

It is true that among the impeachment charges leveled against President Richard Nixon was one for obstructing justice, but didn’t N...

It's been a long day. Here's an open thread to get you through the night. Trafalgar Square, 1884 Tom Roberts

73 years ago, over 150,000 Allied troops landed on the shores of France, intent on reclaiming Europe from the German army that had overrun a...

Which one of these flags do you like the best? Okay, the headline is a bit misleading, but it's not entirely false. Part of th...