What Do I Know?

[I'm thinking out loud here, trying to bring disparate thoughts together.  Bear with me.] It's not at all clear to me the costs an...

Netflix is showing The White Helmets , a short documentary about a group that rescues people immediately after bombings.  It takes you into ...

A commenter figuratively rolled his eyes about something  I said in post last week  about Trump taking orders from Putin.  In a responding ...

There was a book I couldn't get in LA, San Francisco, or Anchorage.  But Elliott Bay Book Company said they had a copy when I called.  ...

click to enlarge the images "The story of Mesopotamia is one of endless warfare and conquest. . . "In the fortieth century...

Rooster Pose image from Martin Brading It seems to me that some conservatives seem to be incredibly adept at intellectual yoga, in whi...

[The Syria connection is toward the end.  But I urge you to read my synopsis of the talk because Paul Beckwith really helped me better under...

Syria's been in the headlines about two years now, but where is it?  How many of you have pulled out a map and studied this country s...