BlackFive: I've been asked to guest-blog over at BlackFive , while he's on the road for a few days. Since most of you probably read...

Theft of a Loved One: The Rocky Mountain News has an article on a new ban in Denver, coupled with the seizure of property. The property? ...

Dr. Rice Agrees: The good doctor said something I agree with today: Rice said she favored background checks and controls at gun shows. Howe...

A Long Day: Got up at 0400 yesterday, and here it is 0100 and I'm still awake. I had to go into Falls Church to take one of those gov...

Painting a Lead Balloon: Green , as it happens. From Nickelodeon's segment on the history of the Alamo: By the early 1800s, most of the...

V-E Day: Both BlackFive and Baldilocks have joined the Armed Liberal against Englishman and author Niall Ferguson. Ferguson wrote recent...

The Busy Days of Spring: Congrats to The GeekWithA.45 for getting those items off his checklist. Meanwhile, Doc Russia has been doing CPR...

Body Armor: The Marine Corps Times has the story: The Marine Corps issued to nearly 10,000 troops body armor that government experts urged ...

A Fallen Marine: BlackFive has a story about a fallen K-9 Marine, and his escort out. When a Marine dog dies, he isn't buried in some ...

Interagency Seams: The Adventures of Chester has an interesting piece of commentary on the subject today. Chester, an officer of Marines, ...

Ahem: Japan Today notes this little piece of fun by the White House, at Japan's expense. Shinzo Abe is the leader of Japan's rulin...

You Wanna See Defiant? Via the Best of the Web , this story about a son of Sgt. 1st Class Monique Bates, deployed in Iraq with 3ID. Francoi...

Range Day: It's been a gloomy and overcast day here in Virginia. I've spent most of it working, but I did find a little while to go...

Kaplan: Kaplan's new piece in the Atlantic Monthly is stupendous. It's called "How We Would Fight China," and you must ...

Maryland Cowboys: Yeah, really. Here's an article on Bullriders in Libertytown, MD . The Washington Post gives a full history in the ...

"Roster of American Combat Heroes" Lisa Hoffman, writing for Scripps Howard, has composed an article called "Roster of Americ...

An Advanced Scam: Marine Corps Moms has word of a fairly elaborate con aimed at the families of deployed Marines. I'll be surprised if...

A Soldier In Need: Smash links to the blog of American Soldier , who is coming up on some rough reconstructive surgery. He's feeling t...

Joint Marines: BlackFive has some thoughts on the selection of Marine General Peter Pace as the new Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff....

Interesting Readings Today: This week's Secrecy News has an especially varied group of readings. I'll bet that at least one of whi...