Dr. Boli’s Celebrated Magazine. Edited by H. Albertus Boli, LL.D.
- ASK DR. BOLI.by Dr. Boli on July 14, 2026 at 4:01 am
Dear Dr. Boli: I was talking to some guy on the streetcar, and he said that artificial intelligence isn’t really intelligent because it doesn’t […]
Brickmuppet Blog 2.0 A Cornucopia of Incompatible Interests
- Someone's Providing a Budget Optionon July 13, 2026 at 10:37 am
...and boy are folks mad. The illustration has nothing to do with the article other than the fact that I posted it. In the comments sidebar Mauser […]
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- [anime] Second helpingson July 14, 2026 at 4:37 am
Well, that was new. I don’t typically leave my garage door open, but with the recent heat and humidity, it desperately …
- Ace Investigator Ken Silva Speculates...by Unknown on June 15, 2026 at 12:52 am
Ken Silva, author of a new book on the Trump assassination attempts, reluctantly speculates on why Trump shut down Crooks' investigation into his […]
William M. Briggs Statistician to the Stars!
- University of California Prof Tries To Save System From DIEingby Briggs on July 13, 2026 at 11:00 am
Before we get to our story, my deep and profound thanks to readers for getting us higher in the ranks. I am most grateful. I logged on Saturday and […]
- Personal Development - is it a Good Thing? Analogy with development in the arts and literature.by Bruce Charlton on July 13, 2026 at 6:41 am
In the early 1970s, it was a standard aesthetic criterion that "development" was a good thing, a necessary thing - and that the developed was […]
Edward Feser "One of the best contemporary writers on philosophy" National Review
"A terrific writer" Damian Thompson, Daily Telegraph
"Feser... has the rare and enviable gift of making philosophical argument compulsively readable" Sir Anthony Kenny, Times Literary Supplement
Selected for the First Things list of the 50 Best Blogs of 2010 (November 19, 2010)
- Anscombe on human dignityby Edward Feser on July 13, 2026 at 7:15 pm
My essay “Misunderstanding “Human Dignity,’” which discusses some illuminating things Elizabeth Anscombe had to say about the subject, […]
- Letting Goby Kim du Toit on July 14, 2026 at 5:09 am
Took the frankenpoodleshooter to the range yesterday, and fired off a single mag before getting sick of the thing (as[...]
Pergelator Silicon Forest
If the type is too small, Ctrl+ is your friend
- Funniesby Chuck Pergiel on July 13, 2026 at 1:00 pm
Isegoria From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small
- Do something, not everythingby Isegoria on July 13, 2026 at 11:35 am
In the spring of 2024, David Epstein explains (in Inside the Box), he met up with a group of General Magic alumni to discuss their proto-iPhone: It […]
Bayou Renaissance Man The idle musings of a former military man, former computer geek, medically retired pastor and now full-time writer. Contents guaranteed to offend the politically correct and anal-retentive from time to time. My approach to life is that it should be taken with a large helping of laughter, and sufficient firepower to keep it tamed!
- Memes that made me laugh 319by Peter on July 13, 2026 at 9:46 am
Gathered from around the Internet over the past week. Click any image for a larger view.More next week.Peter
Liberty's Torch (a.k.a. Bastion Of Liberty)
"Keep clear of the dupes that talk democracy,
And the dogs that bark revolution.
Drunk with talk, liars and believers.
I believe in my tusks.
Long live freedom and damn the ideologies!"
(Robinson Jeffers)
- A New And Vital Voiceby Francis W. Porretto on July 12, 2026 at 11:02 am
For some time now, I’ve been casting about for “new voices” to whom the beleaguered of our era should pay attention. In the process, […]
Borepatch Internet Security, music, and Dad Jokes. And pets - it's a blog, after all.
- This blog is old enough to voteby Borepatch on July 11, 2026 at 3:01 pm
Actually it has been for a couple of weeks. I've had a pretty bad case of blogger burnout - there's been a number of blog worthy topics and I just […]
- Overnight Open Thread [07/13/2026]by CBD on July 14, 2026 at 1:51 am
The bison is far more in tune with the American spirit than the eagle or the turkey (Benjamin Franklin's laughable choice for a symbol). It's the […]
VolcanoCafe Because Volcanoes are Ewesome
- The Kikai eruptionby Albert on July 7, 2026 at 8:54 pm
Japan’s largest volcano lies hidden. It can be found, if you know where to look, by starting from the southern island of Kyushu. Find the active […]
- Margin Of Fraudby Kate on July 14, 2026 at 4:51 am
We shall see: President Donald Trump’s planned ‘Speech to the Nation’ will reportedly reveal declassified intelligence reports detailing a […]
The Silver Key "Wonder had gone away, and he had forgotten that all life is only a set of pictures in the brain, among which there is no difference betwixt those born of real things and those born of inward dreamings, and no cause to value the one above the other." --H.P. Lovecraft, The Silver Key
- "Into the Fire," Dokkenby Brian Murphy on July 10, 2026 at 9:23 pm
I've heard it referred to alternatively as hair metal, glam metal, sometimes by the less charitable, butt rock. Whatever. I've come to love it. It […]
The Silicon Graybeard In the World of the High Tech Redneck, the Graybeard is the old guy who earned his gray by making all the mistakes, and tries to keep the young 'uns from repeating them. Silicon Graybeard is my term for an old hardware engineer; a circuit designer. The focus of this blog is on doing things, from radio to home machine shops and making all kinds of things, along with comments from a retired radio engineer, that run from tech, science or space news to economics; from firearms to world events.
- The thing no one says about Crew Dragon is starting to be saidby SiGraybeard on July 14, 2026 at 2:21 am
Six years ago this past May, when Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken rode a SpaceX Crew Dragon from pad 39A on the Kennedy Space center, it was the […]
I don't know, but . . . ''I do not know everything; still many things I understand.'' Goethe
Observations by me and others of our tribe
... mostly me and my better half--youngsters have their own blogs
- Lands without governmentby james on July 9, 2026 at 4:02 am
One of the reasons for recognizing nations is to have a single point of contact for coordinating things like war and peace, contract disputes, […]
- Two more ICE Shooting Deathsby Grim on July 13, 2026 at 5:06 pm
You probably heard about the one last week in Houston, but this morning there was another one in Maine that has mostly received local coverage so […]
Essays in Idleness On politics, religion, ideas, the culture, the history.
- Idiocy, cont.by David Warren on July 13, 2026 at 8:30 am
There are arguments to be made against “AI” (artificial intelligence). They are not true economic arguments, however. According to one of several […]
Assistant Village Idiot Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud
- Selfie Generationby Assistant Village Idiot on July 13, 2026 at 3:26 pm
Engineerlite sent me a Wall Street Journal article by Scott Atlas, of whom I had not heard who I had not heard of. It describes how the Selfie […]
Althouse ... set loose on a wild, untamed continent
- Sunrise.by noreply@blogger.com (Ann Althouse) on July 14, 2026 at 12:26 am
Write about whatever you want in the comments.
Prairiebreak Horticultural and botanical musings from the Rockies, Great Plains and beyond. In humble tribute to Goddess Flora.
- Dreams do come trueby Panayoti Kelaidis on July 13, 2026 at 7:44 pm
Crinum bulbispermum (white flowered) Not everyone likes white flowers. Fie on them! I love white flowers. I can remember how enchanted I was on […]
- All Along The Watchtowerby Stephen Baldwin on July 11, 2026 at 7:08 pm
Instead of a traditional welcome mat, Gerald's front door featured four big signs: Trespassers Will Be Prosecuted, Beware of the Dog, This Property […]
- So where should I start with your books?by correia45 on June 26, 2026 at 5:19 pm
“So where should I start with your books?” is a question that I get a lot on social media, and the answer is it depends on what you’re into […]
Flora Pittsburghensis Wild Flowers of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania
- Chicory (Cichorium intybus)by Father Pitt on July 10, 2026 at 11:55 am
The unmistakable cheery blue flowers that decorate our roadsides in the summer. These were blooming in the median of a parking lot in Brushton. For a […]
DarwinCatholic Where Religion, Philosophy and Demographics Meet
- Novena for Order 2026, Day 9by mrsdarwin on June 18, 2026 at 3:40 pm
Last day of the novena! My life is ordered about as well as it can be right now -- my show is on track, and the pieces are coming together. (And […]
Maureen Mullarkey: Studio Matters Art, Contemporary Culture, and the Church
- Leo: One Health Fits Allby Maureen Mullarkey on June 13, 2026 at 8:34 pm
Pope Leo’s understated public manner obscures his acceleration of the Vatican’s leftward tilt. The trajectory, set by Pope Francis, quickens […]
Shoplifting in the Marketplace of Ideas Mauser's Anime/Torrent blog.
- Is it a new Sub-Genre?on April 19, 2026 at 5:49 pm
There seem to be a lot of shows recently about girls being decent to geeks. Maybe it's wishful thinking on the part of animation producers. Maybe […]
Mahou Meido Meganekko Japanese animé, gaming, and other silly things
- Legal Mindset Derailed: From DrDisrespect to Magic the Gathering!by Ubu Roi on June 25, 2024 at 11:08 am
Possibly the silliest Commander ever. Due to length of the digression, I had to break it up into two parts. Part 1: Part 2:
Anime Instrumentality Blog Anime Music! OP/ED and Soundtrack Reviews.
- 7th Time Loop Soundtrackby zzeroparticle on April 16, 2024 at 4:47 pm
Album Title: 7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! Original Soundtrack Anime Title:
man with black hat the daily musings ...
of faith and culture, of life and love, of fun and games, of a song and dance man, who is keeping his day job.
of faith and culture, of life and love, of fun and games, of a song and dance man, who is keeping his day job.
- My Bicentennial Momentby David L Alexander on July 4, 2026 at 5:00 am
Today, the United States of America remembers that day, two hundred and fifty years ago, when an assembly of men risked everything to declare […]
Burger's Onion Weird botany and horticulture
- A Visit to Dark Swampby Matt on October 31, 2025 at 9:26 pm
The edge of Dark Swamp. Out east on the Putnam Pike in Glocester, Rhode Island, on the border with Connecticut, there is a neglected patch of wild […]