Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Back from LibertyCon

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  We're safely home from LibertyCon - well, most of us.  Alma Boykin will tackle the last leg, from our home to hers, later this morning...
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Friday, June 26, 2026

On the ground at LibertyCon

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  We arrived safely on Thursday afternoon after a relatively pleasant journey.  The Interstate between Nashville and Chattanooga is often so...
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Wednesday, June 24, 2026

On hiatus for LibertyCon

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  My wife and I, along with friend of long standing Alma Boykin, are headed out this morning to attend LibertyCon in Chattanooga, TN.  We...
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Tuesday, June 23, 2026

I'm not a happy Safelite customer right now

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  I'm extremely fed up with Safelite , the windshield replacement people, at present. I called them last week to replace my vehicle...
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Monday, June 22, 2026

Memes that made me laugh 317

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  Gathered from around the Internet over the past week.  Click any image for a larger view.
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Sunday, June 21, 2026

Sunday morning music

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  Many readers will know of Nightwish , the Finnish symphonic metal group.  It's on hiatus at present, to allow several of its members t...
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Friday, June 19, 2026

Verily, the mind doth boggle...

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  I've been something of a "prepper" for many years, but until last night it had never even crossed my mind to consider this ....
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Thursday, June 18, 2026

Yet again, a command economy is derailed by human greed

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  We've seen innumerable examples, from local, state and national governments all over the world, that human greed and malfeasance can u...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2026

More adventures in the medical world, and some light relief

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  You'll recall my adventures with medical bureaucracy last month.  My pain management specialist very kindly agreed to prescribe anoth...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Quote of the day

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  From Theodore Dalrymple, writing in City Journal about the abysmal architecture of American embassies: The new American embassy in Maputo...
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A misuse of AI that I hadn't foreseen

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  We know artificial intelligence (AI) can be a very useful tool for good.  Sadly, it can be used for evil as well . Police have launched a ...
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Monday, June 15, 2026

Memes that made me laugh 316

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  Gathered from around the Internet over the past week.  Click any image for a larger view.
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Sunday, June 14, 2026

Sunday morning music

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  I've played this track before, but it's just so good I can't resist playing it again.  It's perhaps the definitive example...
Friday, June 12, 2026

Artificial intelligence and music: noteworthy?

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  I was struck by an article in RealClear Books & Culture, titled " A.I. Panic Hits Music City ".  Here's an excerpt. Suno...
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Thursday, June 11, 2026

This kinda blew my mind

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  This extraordinary report on the BBC has me goggling. Whale graveyard dating back five million years discovered An enormous whale graveya...
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Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Is the tank dead on today's battlefield? Two perspectives

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  During my military service, I was never involved with tanks (or any other armored vehicle), apart from hitching a ride on one now and agai...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2026

He used his own dying and death to help others

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  Now and then one comes across a story that really touches the heart of what it means to be human, and to live - and sometimes die - as pos...
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Monday, June 8, 2026

Memes that made me laugh 315

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  Gathered from around the Internet over the past week.  Click any image for a larger view.
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Sunday, June 7, 2026

Sunday morning music

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  Most readers will be aware of Mike Oldfield , the progressive rock genius who first took the music world by storm in 1972 with "Tubul...
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Friday, June 5, 2026

An "angry bear" opines on the soaring stock market - and what may bring it down

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  We've met Jared Dillian before in these pages.  He's an investment adviser and analyst with a highly respected track record in th...
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