The U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed that an American citizen's Constitutional right to keep and bear arms, guaranteed by the Second Ame...

In discussing our futile attempts to build islands , I suggested that they're the result of a foolish pursuit of purity . If we acknowle...

Bugging, Part II included a list of natural and man-made hazards that could affect our home. I characterized flooding to be of "modera...

This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the District of Columbia's oppressive ban on handguns violates individual citizens' ...

Loving you is sweet salvation Baby, there's no measure to your worth Now it's your love that makes me So I'll follow where i...

Most visitors expect to be entertained by their hosts. Our company entertains us. Last Friday morning, I'd just finished watering the ga...

When we took up residence here two years ago, the place was, in a word, overgrown. We spent that first summer wielding an arsenal of bladed ...

In the soft morning light, I lean into a tangle of raspberry canes, in search of dark red fruit that will add a note of tartness to my break...

Home is a sturdy house on a small patch of hilltop land, situated between two old villages typical of Middle America. Less than two miles t...

We've been urged to "Buy American!" for decades now. Our collective dedication to that principle waxes and wanes with the stre...

I'm not big on plastering stickers all over my car, turning it into some sort of rolling billboard. I'm more than capable of speakin...

In an earlier series of posts , I wrote about my family's approach to "bugging" -- by no means gospel, not even a primer, simp...

Early yesterday afternoon, the house was quiet. Mrs. KintlaLake was at work, and our spawns had just left to visit their grandparents across...

During the 2000 presidential campaign, Democratic Party nominee Al Gore made no bones about where he stood on our Constitutional right to ke...

Above all other qualities, I value independence. As much as human frailty allows, an independent person is self-sufficient. An emotionally i...

I've been ruminating all day on what to say about Sen. Hillary Clinton's narcissistic performance last night. I'm not at a loss...

In an earlier post , I discussed a law commonly referred to as "Castle Doctrine." Thanks to tireless grassroots activism and a fa...

I've said it before, and it's time to say it again: The Democrats are eating their young. Watching today's marathon pissing matc...

A soon-to-be-released memoir by former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan confirms what many of us already know -- that the Bush a...

There's a reason we have three days off at the end of May -- and it has nothing to do with water parks, barbecues and auto racing. I urg...