Remember Boy's Life ? It's still around, t he official white-bread publication of the Boy Scouts of America, same as it ever was. As...

An old New England aphorism has been rattling around in my head: "Use it up, wear it out; "Make it do or do without." That le...

It's been over a year since The New York Times published the article, " To Revive Hunting, States Turn to the Classroom ," ab...

I've wanted to write about this knife for a while but just now got around to taking a few photographs. It's a No.648A sheath knife m...

At a pizza parlor in Arlington, Virginia last Saturday, a group of Republicans kicked off a "listening tour" with an appearance b...

Back when France withdrew from the "coalition of the willing" -- and really, who could blame them? -- omitting the word "Fre...

I don't think I've ever done a poorer job of mowing the lawn -- any lawn, ever . The grass was high, thick and wet by the time I go...

I woke up with a migraine headache this morning and spent most of the day in our darkened bedroom, keeping company with an ice bag and fendi...

Here in the KintlaLake household, four humans share space with a pair of AKC-registered [REDACTED * ] . We always seem to mismanage our supp...

A few hundred miles from here, an old friend is dying. He's wrestled the cancer bravely and long, finally choosing to stop chemotherapy ...

Over the last year or so, often I've turned to Mrs. KintlaLake and said, "I just need a win." Yesterday, I got one. The legal ...

In 1966, Arlen Specter joined the Republican Party. This afternoon, the five-term U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania announced that he's now...

"Banning guns addresses a fundamental right of all Americans to feel safe." (U.S. Sen. Dianne Emiel Goldman Berman Feinstein Blum...

Before leaving for the Spring Game on Saturday morning, Mrs. KintlaLake and I briefly discussed staying home. We were aware of the outbreak...

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As advertised, KintlaLake and family were at Ohio Stadium today, part of a crowd of 95,722 -- an all-time national record for a spring footb...

Our older spawn, a high-school junior this year, is looking at colleges. Right now he spends the first half of each academic day in an auto-...

This is a Stanley® FatMax® Xtreme™ FuBar™ -- short for F unctional U tility Bar -- and you need it . The FuBar is a multi-purpose demoliti...

Conservatives, wandering aimlessly in the political desert, think they've spotted another oasis. This latest mirage goes by the name of ...

My family and I will be in Ohio Stadium this Saturday afternoon for the 2009 Ohio State football Spring Game, the annual intra-squad scrimma...