Exile in Portales

Here are two opposing views on the “interrogation techniques” debate currently raging in Washington and elsewhere. First, Thomas Sowell, ...

Another late night, another late start …it’s almost a note-for-note replay of yesterday, except it’s after noon and I just poured my firs...

Here’s a short editorial from The Telegraph ( UK ) in its entirety: The Pope quotes a barbed medieval criticism of Islamic violence in th...

Well. Here it is waaay past noon and I just poured my second cup. I’ve only done the most basic items in my morning routine, to wit: ...

I didn’t post following the conclusion of yesterday’s rout in South Bend ; it was simply too painful. OK, maybe not “painful,” but ce...

Michigan is destroying Notre Dame…34-14 at the half. And it would have been worse, had not Brady Quinn and Charlie Weiss engineered one o...

…it must be Portales FOOTBALL! We’re an hour away from THE game (ND – UofM), so I have a bit of time to put up a couple of pics and del...

The man is right , ya know: Kinky Friedman says he favors legalizing marijuana to keep nonviolent users out of prison. If Texas elects ...

I’m obviously flexible in my definition of “a bit,” as in yesterday’s close: “Back in a bit…” Well, it has been a bit, now, hasn’t it...

Another late start… such is the life (?) of an Old Guy who stays up way too late and sleeps in as a result. I’m still making the rounds ...

or, "Why I read Lileks , Part XXV:" If I really ran a political site I would end up disappointing everyone, since I am a mess of ...

Yesterday wasn’t the time for political point-scoring exercises or personal reflections on the order of “where were you on 9/11,” and I t...

I thought about today a lot, beginning sometime yesterday afternoon and lasting well into the wee small hours of this morning. Five year...

USAF Fighter Chicks . And DO NOT pass up the comments, coz there are some great links there, plus a guest appearance by one of the Chicks he...

I’m beginning to like this girl … a lot. Mary Katherine Ham , writing at Townhall.com, discusses the ABC/Disney Path to 9/11 flap and p...

Today’s editorial in the WSJ ( Five Years On - There have been far more victories than setbacks since September 11 ) is a must-read. E...

…why Disney/ABC caved on The Path to 9/11 . Scott Ott has the real story , as usual: (2006-09-08) — Top Senate Democrats, outraged over...

Today’s Pic: Native American vendors on the plaza, Santa Fe , NM . June 3, 2004 . One can find some fairly good bargains here, bu...

Well, now. THIS is getting maximum exposure in the ‘sphere … Bubba Goes Ballistic on ABC about Its Damning 9/11 Movie . Left, Right, and...