Exile in Portales

This is disturbing: “ Censoring Iraq… Why are there so few reporters with American troops in combat? Don't blame the media .” The W...

Didja watch the NLCS last night? It doesn’t get a lot better than that… Game Seven, the best team in baseball (their record, anyway) fi...

This is semi-interesting, in that very brief and pithy Forbes sort of way: The Average American: 1967 And Today . But I’m gonna call ...

From my Buddy Ed in Florida, a story too good not to share: " Middle Wife " by an Anonymous 2nd grade teacher I've been tea...

Read this: 655,000 War Dead? A bogus study on Iraq casualties . After doing survey research in Iraq for nearly two years, I was surprise...

The altar and the view beyond, St. Philips Episcopal church, Tucson , AZ. February, 2004. From the church’s website : Worshippers ar...

This is good news: Venezuela Is Denied Security Council Seat . Venezuela ’s UNSC seat has been denied for the time being, and voting c...

Lileks wrote this today: This was unknown to me: the new Denver Art Museum . It looks like a building devoted to the history of things ...

…about this : The New York lawyer who was convicted of material support for terrorism after carrying messages for her client, terrorist s...

Well, now. This is interesting . Married couples, whose numbers have been declining for decades as a proportion of American households, ...

A soldier can walk the battlefields where he once fought; a Marine can walk the beaches he once stormed; but an airman can never visit the...

It’s good to be home. I had Big Fun in San Antonio…it was more than good to spend that much time with Buck, see the sights, meet new fr...

Abbreviated post today. Buck’s packing as I type and we’ll be on the road to P-Town in about 20 minutes or so. I broke a cardinal rule...

I had an impromptu chat with a couple of ladies at the bar last evening and one posed the question “What’s the most impressive thing you’v...

OK, Lou...here's your marg! The waitress asked if you had the large one or the small one. I said it was up to you... At The Republic o...

A couple of pics of the "old" lobby at the Menger and a rain pic, all shot yesterday... The Menger lobby is quite elegant, no?

Yesterday was a computer-free day, pretty much. I broke one of my primary rules, to wit: if you’re gonna blog, blog. Post every day. ...

The trip from P-Town to San Antonio was uneventful, but long. We got a later start than Buck wanted, but we made good time, arriving at...

Rib joint in Junction, Texas...just off I-10. I don't know this to be a fact, but it's a good marketing ploy, ain't it? That...

SN2 is 38 today. To say I’m proud of the boy is an understatement… The pics: Sam as an enlisted sailor, 1988; his “official” portrait...