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AI Staff Work?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:12:00 +0000

Writing on Substack, law prof and Instapundit Glenn Harlan Reynolds presents a fascinating and highly plausible possibility:

"So this is purest speculation on my part. But watching the incredibly complex multi-domain rescue mission this weekend, it suddenly struck me that new, powerful AI might be behind this. Moving all these units into so many places at once, making sure that they have communications organized, fuel, ammunition, food, the right troops with the right transports, and so on is enormously complex. It normally requires the work of hundreds of staffers to do this sort of thing, and that takes time. But it happened awfully fast, and nearly flawlessly."

[HT: A Large Regular]

The Art of Noticing

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Live & Learn is an exercise in life and beauty.

The photographs of the birds are enchanting.

On the Proms

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:30:00 +0000

"I am going to run nightly concerts and train the public by easy stages. Popular at first, gradually raising the standard until I have created a public for classical and modern music."

- Sir Henry Wood on his formation of the BBC Proms in 1927.

Just Arrived Last Night

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:20:00 +0000

Reverse Compass

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000

The Free Press: Armin Rosen on the "experts" who insist that Iran is winning.

[Photo by Jordan Madrid at Unsplash]

Flashback

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 01:30:11 +0000

Heard in the Heartland

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 23:27:00 +0000

"What if $36 trillion in debt looks a lot smaller the second you stop underwriting a continent that sneers at you in three languages?"

- John Konrad

He's Back!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:26:00 +0000

The Free Press: Coleman Hughes on "What Ibram X. Kendi Doesn't Admit."

No One Left Behind

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000

Happy Easter!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000

Reading

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 03:35:00 +0000

“A man who has read a thousand books is armed for life; a man who has read none is easy prey. The man who has read a thousand books has lived a thousand lives. He has seen cities he has never visited, spoken to men who died centuries ago, and walked in worlds that no longer exist. Reading does not merely inform him; it enlarges him. It stretches the boundaries of his own experience until he becomes something more than himself.”

- G. K. Chesterton

Good Taste

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:52:00 +0000

Many people who are buying Pilate's Magician have also purchased this book:

Sweetness and Beauty

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:35:00 +0000

Cultural Offering: There's a new member of the Harden family.

A Lethal Sentence

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 14:05:00 +0000

I hope those who are in power in Western Europe understand the potential damage that can result when this line is uttered by a variety of Americans:

"They denied us airspace."

A Good Story is a Good Story

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:30:00 +0000

Book agents and publishers need to drop their bizarre word count requirements.

[Photo by Taylor Wright at Unsplash]

Good Friday

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:30:00 +0000

Joining the Stack

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000

Should Be on European Foreign Office Reading Lists

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:48:00 +0000

And Speaking of Novels Related to Rome

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:28:00 +0000

In addition to the obvious, here's my short list:

Eagle in the Snow by Wallace Breem

Claudius the God by Robert Graves

I, Claudius by Robert Graves

Julian by Gore Vidal

Pompeii by Robert Harris

The Cicero Trilogy by Robert Harris

The First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough [All of the books in her series are excellent.]

[Photo by iam_os at Unsplash]

Out for Easter

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:04:00 +0000

A nifty (tuck it in a briefcase or purse) sized paperback of Pilate's Magician is now out on Amazon. [It's also out in e-Book form.]

Although I am a tad biased, the short novel contains aspects of the trial of Jesus which most people don't know.

A Roman lawyer and his capable assistants seek a clear view of what really happened when Pontius Pilate decided whether a verdict by the highest court in Judea warranted the uniquely Roman punishment of crucifixion.

I hope the novel gains a wide general readership, of course, but religious leaders and lawyers who may not be acquainted with the technical aspects of the case will also find it to be illuminating.

It is not, however, a somber or dry read.

Check out the sample on the Amazon page and you'll see what I mean.

Munich

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000

The Unregretted

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:30:00 +0000

Strong coffee.
A reading addiction.
Chocolate mint ice cream.
Unread books.
Dickens.
C.S. Lewis.
Swimming.
Bacon.
War and Peace.
Old friends.
The scent of wet creosote.
Cognac and Cuban Cigars aftershave.
A valid passport.
Dingbats journals.
Fountain pens.
Swiss Army knives.
People I've helped.
Things I didn't say.
Stonehenge.
The C.I.D.
My enemies.
Orange marmalade.
Poetry.
Proverbs.
BBQ.
Legal pads.
Dogs.
Horses.
Ginger tea.
Rib-eye steak.
Consulting.

[Photo by John Vowles at Unsplash]

Crank It Up

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000

We Need an Ed Sullivan Show

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:32:00 +0000

On Substack, I explore the day the music sorta died.

[Photo by Mick Haupt at Unsplash]

Pretend It's a City

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:05:00 +0000