The Adventures of Roberta X

     It's best to let historians do their own fighting; they'll do so at the drop of a hat, and discuss the hat's provenance, or...

     Stopping by the other foodie-mart on my commute yesterday, I bought a "southwest hash" mix that looked interesting -- diced r...

     It's hilarious.  The barbarians, having breached the gates (and claiming to be "defenders of culture," which is apparentl...

      There was no sign of a spiderweb when I got home from work yesterday but -- Thursday being trash night -- I went outside with a bag of...

     The United States of America is in the midst of a Viktor Orbán-style takeover of the institutions of our republic -- including many tha...

     "Aim high; adapt to difficulties; do your work; clean up after yourself."      Last night, an ambitious spider the size of a ...

     There's a pretty lively discussion in my comments section, kind of.  None of you are getting published.  As of this posting, I'...

     An unpublished commenter, while noting that pulling the plug on research stymies getting answers, said he wasn't convinced of the l...

     I'm linking to a fact- and link-heavy newsletter from The Bulwark , which addresses in detail how Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s HHS ...

     There has been a very old, vacuum-tube portable audio mixer for sale on eBay for quite some time now.  None of the usual buyers want to...

      I finished John Kenneth Galbreath's book about the stock market crash and, almost in passing, its connection to the Great Depressi...

     So, I'm online this morning and President has climbed onto the (flat and railed) roof of the White House Briefing Room because...we...