Bilbo's Random Thought Collection

If you've been watching the news, you no doubt know that (surprise!) Saddam Hussein's death sentence has been upheld by the Iraqi co...

The big news as I write this is that Gerald Ford, the 38th president of the United States, has died at the age of 93. Mr Ford will be rememb...

Merry Christmas! Yes, today is December 25th, Christmas Day, a day of peace and joy for Christians around the world to celebrate the birth o...

Back on December 17th, I wrote about the question asked by author Lance Morrow in his book Evil: An Investigation - what if no one ever for...

I was born and raised in Pennsylvania, have lived in many places in the USA and Europe, and now live in Virginia, which I have found to be n...

In looking at relations between the Christian West and Islam, one of the things that has always puzzled me (and many other observers more le...

One of my favorite columnists, and one of the most perceptive observers of that festering snakepit generally called The Middle East, is Thom...

Back on November 22nd, I wrote in this space about the lack of thoughtful, reasoned political debate in this country - a topic which has bee...

For the last two weeks, the news has been full of the gripping story of the search for three climbers stranded on Oregon's Mount Hood in...

Having spent the last two days castigating the stupidity of our local mass transit authority, it's time to return to a more substantial ...