Bilbo's Random Thought Collection

You probably don't think very often about the art of typography, which deals with the style and appearance of printed matter. For someon...

This past week, with none of the fanfare that has accompanied past releases of the document, Der Furor's administration released its 202...

As you may recall, after visiting Paris and watching the French Bastille Day parade during his first term, Der Furor absolutely had to have ...

Today is Tuesday, April 1st, April Fool's Day. Thus, it is an appropriate day to reassess the National Stupidity Condition - the DUMBCON...

While I was doing the research for yesterday's post  updating Der Furor's war on "gender ideology extremism, " Mike point...

Last week we observed the anniversary of the Civil War battle of Gettysburg, and the memory of the brief, but powerful speech President Abra...

I never cease to be amazed at how many news people, regardless of their network or political affiliation, suddenly become experts on the cri...

Here's something I found on posted the Internet the other day on a website for curmudgeons: "Tactical. God, I loathe that word. ...

It's tough when reality intrudes as you come back from a nice vacation ...  I call your attention to this amazing article from this mor...

There are a lot of really stupid things going around nowadays, but one of the stupidest has to be the concept of the imaginary "War on...

Yes, I know you were expecting to see another segment of Great Moments in Editing and Signage. Unfortunately, in an effort to be timely, I...

Because I'm a history buff, every day I check out various websites that offer lists of what happened on that day. It's important to...

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...

In its decision on the case Zivotofsky v Kerry (13-628, read it here ), the Supreme Court has ruled unconstitutional part of a federal law ...

I was born in 1951, a time when childhood and parenting were a lot different from what they are today. My parents spanked us reguarly when ...

Tomorrow morning at 12:01AM, barring a sudden and unexpected rush of sanity and adult behavior, Congress (mainly the far-right wing of the ...

Unless you've been vacationing in a cave in Outer Mongolia for the last week or so, you are certainly familiar with the case of Mr Edwa...

You will recall, Dear Readers, that we have been at National Stupidity Condition (DUMBCON) 1 - the highest level - for quite some time, as ...

The horrendous tragedy of the massacre of innocent children at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut last week has generated the ...

Once again, China has demonstrated that it is fast becoming a major world power like the United States ... this time, with yet another ham-...