A CONVERSION STORY: David Mamet on moving from hard left to hard right

SHALE GETS INTERESTING: Far from being thought “valueless” five years ago, some of us have been talking about it for a long time.

THE BEST TALK EVAH: On Bl. John Henry Newman? Possibly, yes!

SONG OF MYSELF: The Summablog gettin’ all full of itself and an attitude!

HOW MANY CAN YOU NAME?: The 15 Most Infamous Assassinations in History. You’ll be surprised at who is missing. I don’t know if I call John Lennon’s murder an assassination.

LIFE AND DEATH AND LIFE: The Passionist Nuns of Whitesville, KY share their remarkably busy past few weeks

THE ART OF MANLINESS on Logical Fallacies in Rhetoric

THE MARATHON ENDED SIX WEEKS AGO: and he has made it across the line!

I’LL TAKE MONTAUK OVER ANY OF THEM: Listing The Ten Best US Beaches

AS INSTAPUNDIT WOULD SAY: Heh.