Excellent gallery: 20 Historic Black and White Photos Colorized

Japanese Archers circa 1860

‘Old Gold’, Country store, 1939

View from Capitol in Nashville, Tennessee

During the Civil War, 1864

Lots more, with originals and links, at Twisted Sifter.  Via @jpodhoretz.

Egypt: Obama's lofty, detached, dithering approach to foreign policy

He graciously pops in from the golf course to stroll blithely down the middle: all things considered, and balancing one hand against the other, Egyptians should sort out their own country nicely. What’s not to admire in that?

A lofty, almost surreal detachment from responsibility for outcomes defines the Obama administration’s foreign policy.

via @JonahNRO.

Jewell of Denial

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell—probably the last of Obama’s secretaries not involved in something mind-bogglingly stupid—just got herself involved in something mind-bogglingly stupid.

In a Department-wide address to Interior employees, she warned them that loyalty tests shall be given to eliminate those who do not worship the Democratic party.

No, just kidding. Instead, she did the exact same thing when she said: “I hope there are no climate-change deniers in the Department of Interior.”

Airman Relieved of His Duties for Objecting to Gay Marriage

A 19-year veteran of the Air Force said he was relieved of his duties after he disagreed with his openly gay commander when she wanted to severely punish an instructor who had expressed religious objections to homosexuality.

“I was relieved of my position because I don’t agree with my commander’s position on gay marriage,” Senior Master Sgt. Phillip Monk told Fox News. “We’ve been told that if you publicly say that homosexuality is wrong, you are in violation of Air Force policy.”

He said in essence, Christians are trading places with homosexuals.

“Christians have to go into the closet,” he said. “We are being robbed of our dignity and respect. We can’t be who we are.”

Monk said he is scared to speak out – and understands that he could face severe penalties.

This Italian 'Adolf Hitler wine' has infuriated just about everybody

More info at io9: The winemaker responsible for this abomination, Andrea Lundardelli, claims the line is all in good historical fun. He says they started the historical series, which also features fascist Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and Soviet chief Joseph Stalin, after it was requested by a customer.