On Chimps: Our friends at Southern Appeal are a bit worked up over the London Zoo story . I assume you saw it? "Warning: Humans in th...

Gates of Fire. Michael Yon has another report from Mosul. This one had me on the edge of my seat. That battalion will miss it's Colonel...

Bathing in Blood: An unexpected confluence arises in two stories of two very different men. The story of Lieutenant Cathey's family co...

2nd Lt. James J. Cathey: Longtime readers will know that Grim's Hall's adopted unit -- because of JarHeadDad, whose son "da Gru...

Speaking Of... ...Marine "Special Forces," Military.com has an interesting interview on the possibility that the USMC may finally...

A Report from Abroad: Here's an AP report by press writer Pauline Jasudason. Malaysian marine police seized a ship, believed to have bee...

Law Quotes: I'm sorry for the slow posting today and yesterday, but there has been quite a bit of "business" my way the last l...

Propaganda Wars: I guess this is understandable, but I have to laugh at the foolishness: An al-Qaeda linked-group has launched what it call...

A Samurai Epic: So is described the upcoming Japanese elections, in the Asia Times . The author compares current prime minister Koizumi to ...

Lawyers Catch Up: Today's Arts & Letters Daily has a piece entitled "The Dread Pirate Bin Laden." It argues that law, a...

Another Beauty: On the heels of yesterday's wonderful story about New London charging the Kelo plantiffs five years' back-rent, we ...

Notes: Kim du Toit notes that absolutely everything the British police claimed was true about the Brazilian they shot dead, was in fact not...

Yes, I Know... ...that the Senate of the United States of America recently apologized for its history on lynching , and I know that lynching...

“All we can decide is whether we shall meet them in a way that will redound to the national credit, or whether we shall make of our dealings...

National Airborne Day: Who knew that there was a "National Airborne Day" ? Well, the fellows in the maroon berets, I guess -- nev...

Reader Notes: JarHeadDad has had a particulary interesting accident, the details of which I won't go into. They aren't mine to shar...

Operation Valor IT: I'm going to be traveling today, so I won't be around to post. However, I gather that there will be some intere...

Cindy Sheehan: I'm always late to chime in on social issues. For one thing, I spend so much of my time reading foreign newspapers, I ra...

Weekend Reading: I haven't had much time to write this weekend, but I do have a few notes from some other sites that may interest you. F...

Op. Valor IT The Castle and BlackFive describe Operation Valor IT, a project to get technology to the wounded of our mission in Iraq. Sol...