Bilbo's Random Thought Collection

You may recall that in my post of March 28th ( Something Else to Worry About ), I wrote about the need to counter the latest insidious terro...

It's a glorious spring day here in Disneyland on the Potomac, and today is Easter Sunday, the day Christians believe Jesus rose from the...

A boatload of Somali pirates lost their boat , weapons, and pride when they attacked a ship whose call for help was answered by the destroye...

My fifth grandchild, Elise, is a week and a half old today, which causes reflections on being a grandparent. And on the whole subject of br...

Just a short reminder of why it's a good thing to live in a country where religious extremism does not rule your life...and death: Saudi...

...you probably ought to read this story: Dead Marine's Father Ordered to Pay Protester's Legal Costs . Yes, my friends, in one of t...

There are too many things going on in the world for me to concentrate on just one at the moment, so why don't I just take a few random s...

The reverberations of the passage of the health care reform act are still radiating across the country. Republicans and some Democrats are ...

At one time, back in the distant era between the Wright Brothers and, say, about 1955, airline travel was fun. Airlines pampered you, your ...

The Chatham County Courthouse in North Carolina was severely damaged by a fire which - somehow - spared a sex video featuring former Senato...