Here is a list of gifts from Saddam Hussein and their recipients. Should it come as any surprise that these are the very same groups who were so vocal against the war? Can we please stop assigning them to some moral plateau for their opposition to the war and at the same time accuse the […]

John Derbyshire:
Daniel Derbyshire, eight years old, got knocked down and pounded by a bully. I am sanguine about this kind of thing. The lad must learn to defend himself, to which end he has for some time been doing weekly lessons and workouts at “Fitness Through Boxing,” a terrific outfit here in Huntington run by […]

As we see more and more of Dean’s “calm side” now - he doesn’t dare repeat his previous style of “lively engagement”, people are beginning to realize that’s all that he really had. I said it almost a month ago - the only thing you can really say about him is that he was “scrappy”, […]

The Systema UK website has some really great video clips. In particular, the shots that demonstrate how to roll and move softly with Vlad and Mikhail are excellent guides.

I found an excellent site - one of the best I have ever seen - on tracking and wilderness skills. Walter Muma is a man who seems to have studied with Tom Brown a great deal, and has great pictures and detailed explanations of the concepts that Tom Brown teaches.
He also just seems like […]