"Fitzmas" Indictments are, as everyone knows, proof of nothing except the prosecutor's intentions. The actual trial, at which...

The Trolley: Peggy Noonan has written a deeply felt and moving column entitled "A Separate Peace." The reference is to that dish...

Guns in Thailand: Another peril of gun registration -- the enemy knows who is armed. Armed assailants last night made off with a total of 3...

National Intelligence Strategy: The new National Intelligence Strategy is out. It's the first major product by the new "National ...

The USS Constellation While doing some research on modern Sigma-class corvettes, I came across this site which treats the "restoration...

A Political Victory: Harriet Miers withdrew today. I wish her well, and do truly regret that this whole episode was necessary. May she fi...

Monuments: Captain Tyler Swisher , commanding Easy company. He has one of those biographies that remind you what is great about America. H...

If You Can't Duct It... I broke my toe about a week ago, and have been hobbling around ever since. Actually, I can walk pretty well, as...

Two from Greyhawk: Hawk has a post today about an organization of particularly admirable women in Iraq. I can't express my pleasure at...

The 4th Rail: My colleague and friend, Bill Roggio of the 4th Rail, is heading to Iraq to embed with a Marine unit . He would appreciate yo...

And Two More: 2/2's Warlords lost two more on Friday. The names are now being released. Lance Corporal Kenneth J. Butler . US Navy corp...

Men, Women, And Why You Should Not Worry: Glenn Reynolds links to another post on the topic that seems to be causing a constant fret among ...

Monuments: All too soon, Grim's Hall must again join the families of the 2/2 Marines in mourning the deaths of fighting men. Staff Serge...

An armed society isn't always a polite society. Example: Brazil. But even so, Brazilians appear to recognize that if you outlaw guns, th...

We Are Reminded: That is the purpose of monuments, such as this one at the head of Forsyth Park, down in Savannah, Georgia. The tag to the...

"The Far Line of Sand" The Belmont Club has an excellent post on littoral warfare , and US Navy efforts to prepare for its increas...

Football: I love football, but I almost never get to see any of it. The main thing is that I end up working most weekends -- seven day weeks...

Speaking Of... ...Winds of Change, Armed Liberal has a pair of posts taking Matt Yglesias to task over his article advocating surrender i...

G.A. I'm pleased to note that one of my current Senators, George Allen, was among the fifteen who voted the right way on the amendment ...

For the Benefit of the Truth Laid Bear: I oppose the Miers nomination . I'm going to guess that pretty much all the readers here know w...