Daily Archives: Jul 1, 2026

One expectation dominated the search of extraterrestrial intelligence a generation ago: somebody, somewhere, would broadcast. A more momentous possibility is now more silent other civilizations might end up disclosing themselves with how they turn energy and chemistry and leave behind them traces that would be more engineer-like signatures than...

This particular type of disappointment manifests itself only after an initial couple of boxes of ammo: a gun that was great on paper, comfortable at the counter, but then began to come apart on the real firing line. Sometimes it is reliability. Sometimes it is ergonomics. The small choice...

Keep a 25 in your pockets as long as you like to have it, but never load it. If you load it you may shoot it. Shoot, and you can hit somebody, and, conversely, hit somebody, and, he hearkens, can be very angry with you. Col. Jeff Cooper. That...