The ink is dry -- we're officially (and irrevocably, if we choose) "in contract." The home inspector arrives Friday afternoon...

That elderly homeowner rejected our offer . We countered. She turned us down again. We stayed in the game. By 9pm last night my wife and I w...

We walked away from one unproductive attempt to find a new place to live and, the very next day, we took a run at another. The owner turned...

In a recent post I observed that the current incarnation of the Republican Party "discourages true independence." Shortly after t...

"The nation that draws too great a distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fig...

After three weeks of waiting for word on what I'd called "a promising attempt to secure a place of our own," late yesterday m...

A reader observed that pointing out the former Mayor of Wasilla's use of crosshairs might have been, let's say, a bit hyper-sensiti...

The enactment of health-insurance reform has put the lunatic fringe on public display, with all of its full-frontal stupidity. More than a d...

Our host-tormentors are back. We weren't expecting their return until late tonight, but for some reason they infiltrated our temporary ...

Although the U.S. and Ohio Constitutions guarantee certain rights, they don't promise that I'll be able to exercise those rights wit...

Conservative writer David Frum's take on the passage of health-insurance reform is making waves across the political landscape. I presen...

Take a look at that photo of the signing ceremony held yesterday at The White House. What's missing? Republicans . Health-insurance refo...

That question is being answered in the affirmative by opponents of the law signed today by Pres. Obama. Conservative talk-radio is buzzing. ...

That SWAT sergeant who worked with me on the firing range yesterday brought up the subject of "training scars" after our group fin...

I broke through the rust yesterday. This time I have no targets to share, only my impressions of a most positive experience. On a spectacula...

This is what rust looks like. A long-overdue trip to the range yesterday produced four targets, including this 45-round example at extended ...

After shining much-needed light on Republicans' smoke screens , this seems like the right time to quote Will Rogers: "I belong to ...

My Ohio team is the Buckeyes, not the Bobcats, but last night the kids in green-and-white did me proud, reminding me why The Big Dance is so...

The Democrats are adept at squandering every advantage, going so far as to eat their young -- that's not exactly a news flash -- but I...

Invited to a fancy corporate soirée in New York City a dozen years ago, not long after separating from my first wife, I was paired with a f...