Many moons ago, I recall being overseas – I think I was in the desert – and my mom and dad called me and told me about one of my nephews, I think he was probably 10 or 11 years old at the time. Mom and dad were so pleased I thought they might burst: […]

The Bard of Culpeper, A’lyin’ in his bed, Leg up, nasty wounds must heal, He has crafted a benign tale, But the truth we must reveal! A treacherous attack, a cur with a blade, The Chairman fights back in the dark! A wound in the leg, another in his chest, Before the dogs could even […]

Author’s Note: A quarter of a million $$$ for a Javelin… The war in Ukraine, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, grinds on. Tragic scenes keep repeating themselves. Even as they have, apparently, solved the immediate problem of getting Ukraine’s grain out of Odessa. Meanwhile, the US keeps sending weapons to Ukraine, which, all things being […]

Author’s Note: 50+ years… We should already be to Saturn’s Moons… We should be mining methane off of Uranus and Neptune… – Arrias Arrias and His Muse: 50 years and More On a magnificent pillar of fire, With a mighty rumble and a roar, They raced into the heavens above, Carrying mans most basic desire. […]

Author’s Note: The recent statement by the Iranians… I think we are headed to something unpleasant… Arrias: What Next? Today, Kamal Kharrazi, head of Iran’s Strategic Council for Foreign Policies and a senior advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, announced that Iran has enriched uranium to 60% and “we can easily produce 90% enriched […]

There is a theme that runs through much of academia that says that if we create a world of economic interdependence we shall have peace. Rather than a nation striving to build all those things it needs and hence ensuring independence for core goods and services, nations should instead take advantage of costs and comparative […]

It isn’t easy to be an American. The sometimes contentious proceedings in 1787 that eventually yielded our Constitution were behind closed doors (and windows). But the people were very much interested. When the prolonged debate concluded and Benjamin Franklin walked out of the Philadelphia State House he was asked by Mrs. Elizabeth Powel: “Well, Doctor, […]

Weather suited news, both were grim and gray, Wars dragged on, famine and cholera loom, Gray cloaks hug green giants, we approach a new day, Nuclear tension, are we approaching doom? The morning warms, the trees shed their gray cloaks, But the dire news did not get much better, Politicians shift blame, but problems are […]

Editor’s Note: A trusted group of landed Latin American’s has arrived at Refuge Farm to commence work on the new screened-in front porch. There will be cheerful chaos over the next few weeks around the front Fire Ring, new steel roofing and the joy of summer construction. A Supreme Court in controversy about the nature […]

Over the past four months everyone has become an expert on the failings of the Russian army, air force and navy. In particular, it is well known that Russian equipment is junk, their leadership is nearly worthless, the troops don’t get enough training and the morale is so bad that whole units refuse to fight. […]