Bilbo's Random Thought Collection

I wrote the original version of this post almost three years ago (June 27, 2022), and today seems like an appropriate time for a revisit and...

A major topic of discussion lately is freedom of speech , a fundamental American freedom less valued than the right to pack iron, but nevert...

I've often noted in this space that as I was taught in school - back when they taught such things - there's a difference between fre...

The 55 representatives - all of them male, all white and all privileged members of their society - who attended  the Constitutional Conventi...

From the amount of hysterical reaction on the topic, you could be forgiven for thinking that there is only one important part of the Bill o...

Yes, I know that today is supposed to be Musical Monday. But today is a special day, and so Musical Monday will not appear this week, but w...

If, Dear Readers, you are confused because you have been scrolling around looking for Part 1 of this post and not finding it, you just hav...

One of our most basic Constitutionally-guaranteed freedoms is freedom of speech ... the right to express our opinions directly and forthrig...

It's venting time, so this post is going to be a bit longer than usual, and more of a political rant. If you'd rather come back ano...

Today we celebrate the most uniquely American of our national holidays – the Fourth of July, otherwise known as Independence Day - the d...

As if we didn't have the arctic temperatures to deal with, the past weekend has been dangerous for other reasons. In Columbia, Maryla...

From the Department of How Utterly Stupid Can You Get comes this amazing story:  Protest Group Plans July 4 March on Washington with Loaded...

Yes, Dear Readers, I know ... the Second Amendment to the Constitution grants every American the right to own as many weapons of whatever ...

There have been several very interesting articles written recently concerning the various problems we face today in America. Of course, it...