Freedom, Police & the Military: Kim du Toit has begun an excellent discussion on the topic of whether modern police agencies too much r...

Get 'em, Boys: Following the leads uncovered by US and Pakistani military intelligence, Scotland Yard goes after five Qaeda suspects. ...

Movie Review: I haven't seen King Arthur , though I had wanted to and may yet if I can still find anywhere showing it. This review by t...

Ambush! Our lad (and new father! Congrats, and welcome Grace!) BlackFive has a video of a truck full of fellow contractors getting ambushe...

Singapore: For reasons much too complicated to rehearse, I spent Tuesday night at the Embassy of Singapore in Washington, D.C. The occasion...

The Afghan Front: There's a story out of the Age of Australia called "Taliban flush with cash for attacks." Bad news sells ...

Fire From Heaven: What do you do when you've got a tanker truck blocking your road, and local HUMINT tells you that there's an IED p...

Afghanistan: From LGF, we see what is really amazing news: 90% of Afghans are registered to vote . This is a UN figure, so it's probab...

A Letter from the Front: The Green Side presents another letter from Fallujah, by a Major of Marines who signs his name simply as "Dav...

The Sudan: Well, it finally happened. One of the conspiracy theorists has finally spouted off on the Sudan. It happened over at Del's ...

Fun with Brackets: Via Instapundit , the article on Kerry and the Marines. I was reading this over, and a thought struck me: The Marines --...

Lincoln Variations: From the American Digest , via the good Doc .

Gun Show Notes: Just got back from today's gun show at the Dulles Expo Center in Fairfax County, Virginia. A few notes from the day: * ...

Congratulations II: Another set of congratulations are due. Let's hear it for Marine First Sergeant Justin D. Lehew , winner of the Nav...

A Gunslinger: Congratulations to Marine Gunnery Sergeant Brian Zins .

USMC Iraq Updates: The 24th MEU(SOC) is now fully deployed in Iraq; JarHeadDad points out that they're bunking with the 2/2 Marines. T...

Smoke 'Em: This one is mostly for Doc Russia, who was advocating a good cigar the other day: We have also unmasked a second and perhaps...

Bring Me Everyone: I don't turn to Esquire looking for philosophy, but maybe I should. Thanks to The Mudville Gazette , I see that the...

On Germany: The Telegraph has a piece on Germany . It contains, in analyzing one of Germany's leading thinkers, a cutting insight: He ...

OutStanding! The Arrow lives! This was pretty close to a make-or-break test, and it's good to see that it's pulled through.