"The War of Spells" My favorite article so far to arise from the disruptions in the Philippines is this one . It describes the ev...

Fine Dining: Via Arts & Letters Daily , I see that the UK Guardian has put together a list of the world's fifty best restaurants. ...

4th Rail Post: I have a post up at the Fourth Rail on Dr. Pape's work .

OPSEC Secrecy News has a link to another recently available government document, which comes from the Interagency OPSEC support staff. The...

Information Warfare: The most interesting thing about this roundup post is the comments section. I don't say that to minimize the qual...

Turning America Back Into A Nation Of... Whose idea was it to allow these military style weapons to be used in hunting? American unilatera...

Matt Furey in Hospital: You all probably have seen Matt Furey's ads. He sells a product called "Combat Conditioning," along ...

A Little Mountain Feud: It seems I may owe something by way of apology to those city neighbors I mentioned in a recent post. I take it back...

Vacation in London: That is the advice of the head of the Pacific Asia Travel Association , Peter de Jong. His statement on topic shows tha...

Was the IRA Involved? It's a natural question, given that the IRA has more experience than anyone in carrying out terror attacks in Lond...

God Save the Queen: I also remember what Pejman remembers about the Coldstream Guards, but also one thing more: that, at the memorial serv...

SEAL Memorial Services: A squid of my association sends. I don't know if civilians are welcome, but if you are close by one of these lo...

China Chooses Contractors: Looks like the PRC will be using military contractors heavily in its attempt to modernize its military structure...

Edge of the Wild, II I had a close encounter with a black bear today -- first one I've had in a couple of years. Apparently there's...

Revolutionary Principles: Thanks to Southern Appeal for this editorial from The Scotsman : [I]t is also important to say, this 4 July , th...

Bladework: KABAR Knives I was back down at the swimming lake today, and spent quite a while in the water. This provides me with an opportu...

The Edge of the Wild: Patient readers have endured my griping about the perils of the recent move -- especially the @#$@ wasps, which stung ...

The Cotillion Salutes MilBlogs: I think that all of you gentlemen would enjoy a visit to today's Independence Day celebration at the Cot...

Signatories: The Daily Blogster has a fine post [UPDATE: Or not so fine; see Eric's comments] today on the fates of the signatories of ...

The VBIED Threat: Our friends at Blackwater Security have produced a paper on the subject, focusing on VBIED tech and the possibility for t...