Yesterday evening the lovely and effervescent Kristen told me that she had composed a lil' something for this blog. I had no idea she ...

Since three readers have asked me this afternoon what I think about the Republican National Convention going on right now in Tampa... and a...

Dear people of New Orleans: Right now Isaac is still a tropical storm. But we all know how fickle these Atlantic cyclone systems can be. I...

Neil Armstrong 1930 - 2012

Late last night it hit me that I haven't posted any classic Sesame Street clips in quite some time. And I almost went for another Bert...

As I intimated in my previous post, I arrived way late to witness the tempest surrounding Todd Akin at the apparent zenith of its wrath. Bu...

I'm just getting back home from a few days and this is what I find... Harry Harrison passed away last week, Tony Scott died yesterday a...

This is the sixth installment of an ongoing and admittedly irregular series on The Knight Shift about what it is like to have the mental ill...

In 1917 Russia, the revolution to overthrow the government was started by the Bolsheviks. In 2012 Russia, the revolution to overthrow the ...

My mind is reeling from thinking about the applications possible with this... A sharp-thinking dude named Ramesh Raskar and his team of tec...

The Police Department of the City of Reidsville has as of late last week implemented and begun enforcing a policy of limiting those protesti...

Longtime readers of this blog know that I'm for fiscal conservatism and letting the free market be responsible for itself, without gover...

"The Law is a widower constantly seeking a girlfriend, and usually finds one at church." Something that James Hodges, a very dea...

It's taken me two visits to the theater before my thoughts have settled enough about The Dark Knight Rises to articulate them. So w...

Last week I brought two blogs to your attention: Once Upon A Time In My Head by Doug Smith and Life Lessons in Hope, Faith, & Love by...

The drought in the Midwest is causing the price of food to soar worldwide . Especially for corn and corn-based products. It could be less ...