1+ hour, 10+ min ago  (668+ words) It seems like, without fail, the activist Left seeks out ways of using the legal system to get whatever radical policy they want retained via a judge's ruling, or stop some Conservative policy that half of the American people overwhelmingly…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (344+ words) Mark Sanford's recent decision to suspend his bid for Congress in South Carolina's 1st District brings a quiet but telling close to another chapter in a long political life. According to reports, the former governor and congressman stepped away from the…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (701+ words) Turns out, the old saw that the nation's capital was built on a swamp isn't exactly true; it was mostly built on solid, elevated ground, although there were some marshlands that have been filled in over time." Still, "swamp" perfectly…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (553+ words) Weeks ago, I was writing my thoughts about a character from the Game of Thrones spin-off show, "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms." One thing I was struck by was the show's positive, upbeat nature, especially since it takes place…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (446+ words) You might have heard something about it being a butterfly bridge, but that's not true. In fact, on the LA County Trails site about the bridge, formally known as the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing (WAWC), butterflies aren't even mentioned as…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (308+ words) Recently, though, in Durham, New York, visitors to an antique shop were surprised to note that what they thought was a knick-knack on a store shelf was in fact a screech owl - asleep, as they tend to be during the…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (450+ words) White rhinos (Ceratotherium simum) are big creatures; in fact, they are the largest living rhinos. An adult male can be 13 feet from nose to tail, stand 6 feet at the shoulder, and may weigh in at two to two and a…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (590+ words) Much of the eastern United States is still in the grip of severe winter weather (which, in Alaska, we call "Tuesday), and it's causing a lot of people trouble - trouble driving, trouble clearing snow, trouble keeping the house warm. It's…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (551+ words) Lynx, though, are around. A few years back, one got into our neighbor's chicken coop and killed several of their best laying hens, which didn't make them happy. It didn't make us happy, either. We buy most of our eggs…...

4+ mon, 4+ day ago  (204+ words) Polar bears are remarkable critters. They are a circumpolar species, found all over the Arctic, from Scandinavia to Russia to Alaska to Canada and thence to Greenland. They are the largest bear extant, and the only bear that feeds exclusively…...