Daddypundit

A few stories of interest from the past week.... Earlier this week came the not totally unsurprising news that Alex Rodriguez of the New Y...

At the beginning of the 20th Century, New York was growing into a major metropolis. But transportation in between the boroughs (especially i...

Many a volume has been written about the writing of the Constitution ( The Summer of 1787  and Tempest At  Dawn  are two of the better volum...

Like most folks, I don't spend enough time reading. I read recently that the average person only reads four books per year. That's a...

Like many other folks, I was up late last night watching the results come in. While I am disappointed in the outcome I am still proud to liv...

We hear a lot about the effect of the economy on small business but this video says it better than any other I have seen. Bill's Barbecu...

Over at the Corner,  Hadley Arkes  has some further analysis of the Democrats' platform fiasco from their just concluded convention an...

Given the events of the past 24 hours at the Democratic National Convention, this suddenly becomes a fair question. Yesterday,  delegates ...

Having grown up in North Carolina one of the things that I developed an affinity for is barbecue. When North Carolinians refer to barbecue t...

Over at Stately Sandwiches , proprietor Kelly Pratt has come up with the idea of creating a sandwich for each of the 50 states. So far she...

It's been a long time since I've posted her regularly. Hopefully I will be able to get back on track. A few random thoughts that hav...

From  Fox News : LANSDOWNE, Va. –   Watergate figure Charles Colson, who turned to religion, died Saturday at a Northern Virginia hos...

"Nothing in our daily life offers more of the comfort of continuity, the generational connection of belonging to a vast and complicated...

A friend of mine posted this on Facebook and I just had to share it because it is absolutely hilarious:

President Obama may have picked the wrong fight when his administration announced they were forcing the Catholic Church to provide contracep...

The Obama Administration has struck a blow against religious freedom and it's time for folks to stand up against such tyranny. Click he...

Here is a list of fifty rules for dads of daughters . It's a terrific list. I only wish I had thought of it. Hat tip: Joe Carter

This has been around for a while but still makes me laugh and I find particularly appropriate as a father of two daughters: Ten Simple Rules...

I remember it like it was yesterday . Never forget.

One of the more charming things about living in a rural area is the occasional visitation by the odd field mouse. We've had one roaming ...