Shifting Sands: Bill Roggio has a report from Ramadi that focuses on the shift even in 'Wild West' Anbar Province from "kineti...

Uncle Smash Wants You: The Indepundit , formerly Lt. Smash, wants you to undertake a mission this week. It's designed to counter a Move...

Christmas Stories: I don't know if there's a "war against Christmas" per se, but the holiday has not in my memory been so ...

Hats: Sovay once quipped that her cats, should they learn to speak and wish to refer to me, would call me "The Nice Man in the Hat....

An Icelandic Yuletide: You might enjoy Army Wife / Toddler Mom's story about the tales her brother's Icelandic fiancee used to tell...

Corn & Lennon: Against those who say that Pajamas Media contains nothing new or interesting, I should note that it was via that website...

The Fields: By now we've all seen the Air Marshal story out of Miami International. There are, of course, recriminations. For example...

Rumsfeld: A speech at John Hopkins by the SECDEF is quoted in the Wall Street Journal today. I continue to like and admire Rumsfeld, in sp...

This afternoon, I was suddenly reminded that today is the 64th anniversary of a tragic event. As told by President Roosevelt to Congress a d...

More on IO: The military issued a statement on the IO campaign in Iraq that seems to have gotten everyone's dander up. The statement a...

Favorite Foolish Headline of the Day: "U.S. Missile, Al-Qaida Death May Be Linked." You don't say! I wonder what the link c...

Credit Where Credit Is Due: I see that InstaPundit points to a P.A. Miller piece asking why there are suddenly calls for withdrawal from Ir...

More Military Links: Strategy Page has more on the Rules of Engagement situation, although I think Joel's post below is still the most ...

THE TRUTH REGARDING THE RECENT CHANGES TO THE STANDING RULES OF ENGAGEMENT. Kathleen Parker’s article, “For Instructions On How To Lose War,...

The Thai Royal Guards: I believe I have uncovered evidence that the Thai Royal Guards are the toughest fighting men alive. They'd have...

A Most Disturbing Story: Joel, would you mind to take a look into this ? If this is being accurately portrayed, it's the most disturbin...

Outrages of the Week: The COUNTERCOLUMN points out that the US military effort to place stories in the Iraqi press is not only legal but re...

Gifts: Everybody's posting gift guides. I'll just repost a link to my favorite of them, No-Longer Drill Sgt. Rob's gift guide f...

Barrett Rifles: It's bad enough that the AP decieved Barrett Rifles as to its purpose in soliciting an interview. It's worse that ...

The Biblical Worldview Test: Have you tried this test ? It is designed to measure whether or not your "worldview" is rooted in th...