"My mom would have given up every part of her body to be here for me, to watch me in the pageant."

"If there's something that I can do to be proactive, it might hurt my body, it might hurt my physical beauty, but I'm going to ...

"Strangles"?

Really ? Where's the strangling? Calling speech offensive is more speech, not censorship. Via Instapundit , who quotes the headline that...

"Not knowing exactly what was taking place, the two SEALs set up a defensive perimeter."

"Unfortunately Ambassador Stevens was already gravely injured, and Foreign Service officer, Sean Smith, was dead. However, due to their...

Live: the jump from space.

Live feed! (Scary!) ADDED: Some background here . AND: I'm not sure I want to watch. I don't want to see a man die. I found it painf...

"When we travel, though, we are asking for hospitality. There’s great vulnerability in this."

"It also requires considerable strength." To be a good guest — like being a good host — one needs to be secure in one’s own premi...

"We’re making a safe motorcycle."

Is that a motorcycle?  The C1 is gyroscopically stabilized – sort of along the lines of a Segway – so it can’t tip over. Do 2 wheels, motor...

"Freedom, in Shin's mind, was just another word for grilled meat."

The amazing story of Shin Dong-hyuk, who was born in a North Korean forced labor camp, and escaped at the age of 23: In the garment factory,...

"A carpenter came with a toolbox and said, ‘I’m a carpenter from the underground... Show me the house and I’ll build a hiding place."

Dr. Tina Strobos hid more than 100 Jews from the Nazis — 4 or 5 at a time. She died this week at the age of 91. She learned her values from...

The man who rowed across oceans.

John Fairfax, dead at 74. At 9, he settled a dispute with a pistol. At 13, he lit out for the Amazon jungle. At 20, he attempted suicide-by-...

"God puts you where you need to be and you just need to listen and take care of business if you get tapped on the shoulder."

Folk wisdom from a man who saw a school bus moving, apparently without a driver. Via Dan Collins , who notes that this "Guy in Wiscons...

An 80-year-old stands his ground impressively.

Watch HBO's Larry Merchant not flinch as Floyd Mayweather Jr. tries to intimidate him. ADDED: The WSJ has a spiffy description of the co...

"Never walk alone, particularly at night."

Advice from the University of Wisconsin Police, which I just received by email. Never walk alone, particularly at night. So... even in dayt...

Tricia Willoughby, the 14-year-old girl who spoke — over boos and heckling — at the Tea Party rally in Madison.

I wrote about her here and he re, with video showing how she was abused by the anti-Tea Party protesters. This video shows the whole speech...

Go ahead!

Jump! Via Metafilter , where I also found out (via email from Jaltcoh) about this amazing website where you can search for phrases in movie...

Christine O'Donnell drives the liberals nuts.

Bill Maher has put together a video montage — intended, of course, as an attack... 1. Does this really work as an attack? I mean, as an att...

"But tolerance is one of the first and most awkward questions raised by any examination of Islamism."

Writes Christopher Hitchens , noting the naivete of the talk of religious tolerance in defense of the mosque near Ground Zero: As Western Eu...

Forget Mama Grizzly...

... here's Mama Squirrel!

"Jessica Watson became the youngest person to sail around the globe solo, nonstop and unassisted..."

"... when she cruised into Sydney Harbour in her pink, 34-foot (10-meter) yacht to a rock star welcome of thousands. She successfully m...

"To be an artist means never to avert one's eyes." On this topic of disgust and shock ( here , here , here , and here ), let ...