Bilbo's Random Thought Collection

Back in 2010 I wrote a blog post about the frantic rush by Republicans to name everything they could think of after Ronald Reagan , the man ...

Good Sunday morning, Dear Readers! As we put up with the noise of our neighbors firing off the last (hopefully) of their remaining fireworks...

Well, so much for July being an improvement on June ... Der Furor traveled to Florida this week to open a bleak new migrant detention facili...

Happy Fourth of July! I thought about writing an Independence Day-themed post today, but given the state of the nation, anything I'd hav...

I've long been fascinated by the concept of magic and our use of things like talismanic incantations  and magic potions to effortlessly ...

You may recall my post from a few weeks ago on " talismanic incantations ," the modern-day political, social, and religious magic ...

It's a difficult time to envision the ideal of "peace on earth, goodwill toward men." Our country is divided along social, pol...

I wish the calendar came with a "your time back if not satisfied" guarantee ... In a major victory for Der Furor's ongoing att...

If you've been following the news, you have no doubt noticed that the "weaponization of government" so long decried by Republi...

While numerous military experts have expressed concern about possible shortages of weapons for US forces as a result of huge quantities of s...