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This is from National Review online. The author is a well-known biographer, who writes frequently on religious and political issue. Hit the link and read the whole article (it’s not too long); the excerpts I post below don’t do it justice. Paul Kengor on 2008 & Guiliani on National Review Online The polling numbers on…

This is a quick, breezy read with plenty of useful (and fun) diagrams. It is very comprehensive: from soup to nuts, or perhaps better put, from shelter to hygiene. There’s probably nothing in this book that you can’t find online, but as a general guide to lightweight backpacking it’s good to have it in one…

Here’s the answer. Waterboarding Is Torture, Says Ex-Navy Instructor A former Navy survival instructor subjected to waterboarding as part of his military training told Congress yesterday that the controversial tactic should plainly be considered torture and that such a method was never intended for use by U.S. interrogators because it is a relic of abusive…

For the first time, the boys did not go out trick or treating – they just went out tricking, meeting up with friends. No candy came home. Here’s Tim with his pal Justine, cleaning up – Joe – We had a nice Indian supper, with Brigid having her Tandoori with a beer while I drank…

No, not a torture instrument. Rather a very interesting rock formation on the Appalachian Trail, going through Harriman State Park, across the Hudson River in Orange County. And last Wednesday – a week ago -an intrepid party of five made a five plus mile trek through the Lemon Squeezer. The five were Brigid and I,…

Remember the who caused a scuffle at a John Kerry event, and then got tasered by the police? Tom Faranda’s Folly: Free speech in Florida? Student gets roughed up by police at Kerry event . And it turned out he was a bit of a jerk?  Tom Faranda’s Folly: Looks like the "perp" in the…

The partially boycotted talks began today in Libya. Sounds like the start was almost farcical. Talks on Darfur Open With Partial Boycott by Rebels – washingtonpost.com Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi hosted the U.N.– and African Union-backed conference just four years after the United Nations lifted sanctions against his country for alleged acts of terror. Libya‘s…

From the Washington Post: Darfur Rebels Balk At Talks in Libya – washingtonpost.com SIRTE, Libya, Oct. 27 — Mediators from around the world struggled late Friday to salvage talks to end the four-year conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan after at least one leading rebel group pulled out on the eve of negotiations. A…

Right, I interviewed Conor McGee, a fellow who didn’t even know about the race until the night before, and then showed up and wiped out the field. More about that at the end. (I had fun doing this posting, which is why it’s taken me five days to get it online.) The Harry Chapin run…

Who is Jagerstatter? A heroic figure. Here’s a post about him. The book the author mentions – "In Solitary Witness – is one of the dryest books I’ve ever read. BUT it’s redeemed by having Jagerstatter’s surviving correspondence in an appendix at the back. The full article is long; you need to print it out.…