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Peter points out the prolonged and sustained failure of a particular government program aiming to keep poor inner city kids out of trouble :...

 I've been saying this for quite some time, but in generalities.  Now comes a study which quantifies things : A groundbreaking new study...

  Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon...

  Miguel left a funny comment when I posted about my Mom's death : Our condolences. She is at peace and just like my mom, probably givi...

 I have often noted record gun sales figures and snarked "those are rookie numbers".  Well, via Insty we see this : The FBI proces...

 Remember when Donald Trump asked why we couldn't get economic growth back to 4%?  Remember how all the Right Sort of people mocked him?...

Mom Borepatch, April 24 1929 - August 23 2020.  Finally reunited with Dad. This music meant a lot to me when Dad died , and it's even mo...

 ASM826 has posted two outstanding westerns, Tombstone and The Outlaw Josey Wale s.  Today's selection is a shift in gears from serious...

Lawrence finds a fabulous article that explains the Trump phenomenon in terms even a Liberal Arts Major can understand : The Bronx of my ch...

So the Democrats have had their shot, and it looks like a wet firecracker.  This is the high water mark for Joe Biden, and it will all be do...

  You can get it here . Hat tip: Brian J. Noggle .

Isegoria finds it (of course!), and what strikes me is that it is a lot clearer (well, less impenetrable) than Unqualified Reservations .  ...

This was done in the interest of "inclusivity" or "social justice" or some such nonsense.  The press stories about this ...

Her name was  Heloisa Pinheiro and she never made a dime from the song.  In fact, she got sued by the widows of the songwriters - you see,  ...

  The Queen Of The World went to the beach yesterday to see the sunrise, and took this picture of a Florida beach that was literally deserte...

 Opera remains a European trope.  There's been great music - and great classical music - composed on these shores, but not a lot in the...

  Spotted by the eagle eye of The Queen Of The World.

 I used to do these regularly but have gotten lazy in my dotage.  Ah well, maybe we can reboot the series. Government actually does somethin...

Dad was already sick with the cancer that would kill him 7 months later.  But he emailed regularly, and we talked all the time, and I went o...

Chris Lynch is a daily read and a huge sports fan.  He makes some predictions about the future of football, but ends with this : I'm a b...