Rhyme Of The Day

Everybody should be free To build the things they want to see. 

7 types of lists to not read: Lists of lists, lists of things that don't exist, lists of people who haven't been kissed, lists ...

The article says it's well known among historians, but I didn't know: As the Nazis were gaining power in Germany, Protestants were a...

I'm no Heidegger aficionado, but I liked this summary of a book I've looked at: “ Heidegger: The Introduction of Nazism into Philoso...

Just finished reading Freak Storm , a play by Matt Pelfry. It certainly kept my interest, and it lived up to its title, but I wouldn't r...

My friend David Ramsay Steele is blogging at the London Libertarian, and I was amused by this paragraph: 'Walking in Chicago’s Loop a ...

We're supposed to get more subzero Fahrenheit temps, and some more snow. Such joy. We are undeserving of such winter fun. The Trib tod...

I saw the new production of RIO at Dream Theatr e last night. I saw an earlier production , years ago, which I also remember enjoying. It wa...

Perhaps the world could be rid of middle names. They're mostly hid - except for the frequent official request for that middle initial.

From the Land of Oz: 'Scientists in Australia have discovered a new "very hairy" mouse-like marsupial variety of a species w...

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says that: President Obama’s proposal to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour would cost 50...

Ann Althouse asks: " What if women became fully autonomous, empowered individuals and nothing changed? What would that mean? " ...

People always tell you to avoid Turkish prisons, especially if they've seen the old movie, Midnight Express . If you ask for the most ...

Kathleen Parker has a column in WaPo headlined: "The poetry of bad news around Obamacare" Of course, I was suckered into reading...

Spent some hours in the dentist's chair this morning. I had something that needed a quick fix. I was numbed enough that I felt no pain. ...

Not sure I believe this, but: "German police said a nightclub was evacuated when a woman doused herself with pepper spray that she mi...

PHOTO VIA NIKKI A. GREENE ON TWITTER To sleep, perchance to walk... Aye, there's the rub. Beware of the terrible sleepwalking schlu...

I had been reading at the library at lunch, and was set to go back to work, heading for the down escalator, when I heard a woman yelling ...

NY Times reports: Suicide Bomb Trainer in Iraq Accidentally Blows Up His Class A lesson in terror, cut short by an error. I don't...

In non-news from the land of the chilly: cold snap continues to slap us silly.