On Manly Virtue: A few days back, speaking of a former President, I wrote: "Courtesy and chivalry are important components of the manl...

Welcome Home: I'm home. This weekend marks the first time I've ever been snowed off the road. About the time we reached the southe...

I'm going to be travelling for the next few days. I'm not sure how much access to a computer I will have, as I'll be enjoying t...

On Courtesy: I'm sure you all saw this interview with former President Bush , since Drudge linked to it. The same thing that intereste...

Eulogy for the Invisible Man: Zvika , as he was known. Ledeen isn't a big influence of mine, but I thought this was a well-written and ...

A Companion Piece: Once you've read Doc Russia's piece, below, you might try Mark Steyn's latest : I hope if ever I find myself ...

"The Death Throes of Hope" Doc Russia has a post you really ought to read. Brace yourself, first.

Blues: The mother-in-law is sick, so the wife and boy are off visiting them this last little while. As I was telling Sovay yesterday, when ...

Indonesia at the Belmont Club Wretchard has a thorough piece on reactions to the Bashir sentence. Those interested in the Southeast Asian ...

More Fun From PACOM I'll bet Admiral Fargo is glad to be retiring : Tensions in the Sulawesi Sea rose a notch yesterday when three Indon...

Leathernecks: I had occasion last night to play poker with a World War II Marine. There isn't much to say about it, even thought I thoug...

Bakar Bashir: Well, he didn't walk . Not exactly. The death-penalty prosecution, in the most important terror trial in Asia, did manag...

Sign & Sight That is the name of a new website, devoted to European thinking. It is to be published in English, which Arts & Lette...

Chains: The Mudville Gazette has a photo essay on the breaking of chains. De Oppresso Liber . Al Basrah.net invites US military men to...

Chinese Animal Parks: Via the Best of the Web today, I saw this article on Chinese animal parks : While some of these visitors may be anima...

The March of Science: Yeah, okay . But I'm still planning on eating one now and then.

Car Bombs & The Fourth Generation: It's things like this that have spurred me to teach the military science classes online. It isn...

Reviews: Mike the Marine has some movie reviews for you: Regardless of all that, "Gung Ho!" is a film for the ages. It lets us s...

And a Little Child... BlackFive links to this column from the Tennessean . The land of Davy Crockett continues to produce men who volunt...

Why We Love Medics: This story from GruntDoc tells the whole tale. What these guys did is harder than anything I've ever been asked to...