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noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 20:39:10 +0000

Secession

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 20:38:44 +0000

The Telegraph: The Village of Piddington is now the Principality of Piddington.

I doubt if they'll be the only ones to take that path.

Offline Clubs

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 15:21:20 +0000

Cultural Offering has the details.

A brilliant idea.

Update: The Offline Clubs site.

First Paragraph

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 11:30:00 +0000

The crisis came toward the end of October 1918, in a forested area most Americans had never heard of, the Meuse-Argonne. For almost a month, over a million American soldiers pounded their way forward against forty German divisions, defending positions so impenetrable that American soldiers wondered if the devil himself had designed them. Already, 100,000 Americans had fallen and General "Black Jack" Pershing's assault divisions were on their last legs. The German line showed no sign of cracking, and there was widespread speculation that the American army might be the first to break.

- From Pershing: Lessons in Leadership by Jim Lacey

Maigret: New and Old

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000

I honestly prefer Pierre Lambert, Detective, and hope he gets to the big screen.

Canadian "Justice"

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:46:40 +0000

There's a lot of deep thinking north of the border.

Especially if you're a defendant.

Great Moments in Advertising

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:09:26 +0000

Jennifer Sey examines the hypocrisy in the attacks on Sydney Sweeney.

"The Lie About Islam, Europe, and the Dangers We Face"

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 14:38:12 +0000

The Economist would not have written, in 1935, that the Comintern and the League for the Prohibition of Cruel Sports were symmetrical extremisms requiring equal vigilance. It would not write today that the Chinese Communist Party and the Falun Gong are symmetrical authoritarianisms. In every other domain, this magazine understands that variables such as scale, state sponsorship, and institutional depth matter; that a movement with a coherent multigenerational strategy is not the same kind of thing as a collection of aggrieved amateurs. On this subject, uniquely, the analytical standards slip. It is worth asking why.

Read all of Ayaan Hirsi Ali's essay in The Free Press.

The Issue of Our Times

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 14:16:00 +0000

Great TV Show Themes: A Series

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 14:04:58 +0000

Rainfall and Irrigation

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 14:04:25 +0000

There has long seemed to a connection between washing your car and rainstorms.

Since I live in Phoenix, that theory means I should wash my car every day, but I've noticed another theory to consider: flood irrigation.

I live in an older section of Phoenix that has irrigation. Every two weeks in the summer and far less so in the winter months, my lawn is flooded with water from the irrigation canals.

That means I never sprinkle the lawn but depend solely on the irrigation. There are reports that this system uses less water than the homes with sprinklers, but who knoweth? It's a handy system and, unlike the old days when I did my own irrigating, there are professional irrigators who turn on and off the pipes going into the lawns, so the water flows from one lawn to another.

Rain is predicted this week. So is my irrigation. We'll take it whenever we can get it.

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noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 19:11:12 +0000

Nitwittery Update

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 19:10:34 +0000

Vandalize the Churchill statue in London and you will be found Not Guilty.

The Power of Words: From "Under Milk Wood"

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000

It's a Great Time to Discover the Genuine You

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 11:12:00 +0000

My Substack is up on thwarting the negative trends of our times.

[Photo by Viktor Forgacs at Unsplash]

Great TV Show Themes: A Series

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:30:00 +0000

Let's Hear It for Late Bloomers

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:37:31 +0000

On Order

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:30:25 +0000

My Desk Has Much in Common

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:12:10 +0000

Cultural Offering has a video on Louis L'Amour's Desk of Hidden Wonders.

Beware of people who have clean desks.

But Aside from That

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000

The Free Press: "Yes, AI Might Really Kill Us All."

Find Something Beautiful Today

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000

[Photo by Sunguk Kim at Unsplash]

Great TV Show Themes: A Series

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 20:42:16 +0000

Hey Ho, Hey Hey! Western Civ Has Got to Stay!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:58:22 +0000

Civilization is always found at Stephen Landry's Blog and The Hammock Papers.

[Photo by Constantinos Kollias at Unsplash]

The Oyster Months

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:35:22 +0000

Several bloggers I know have been referring to "The Oyster Months."

Being a native Arizonan, I've heard Cinco de Mayo mentioned far more than "Oyster Months."

But now I know.

Politics and Wrestling?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:30:07 +0000

A scary possibility at A Large Regular.