The Cowboy Test: Who knew there was a cowboy test online? That seems a little odd to me, but whatever. I was sent to it, and so here are t...

CENTCOM is Podcasting: Now this is a pretty good idea. Central Command is now doing podcasts, which shows that the folks at CENTCOM PA cont...

A Shameful Unlearned Lesson: A probing attack against our border overruns a US position held by National Guardsmen. How did this happen ? A...

The Long War: A Strategy I have an article on the subject at BlackFive . Due to the length, I posted it there (lacking "jump" co...

Massachusetts: The Female State I'm guessing this explains the flip-flopping of Senator Kerry. He's just a feature of the culture....

Cutting back on Coffee: It's not a new year's resolution, but I have been getting less coffee lately. That's because of my pie...

Condolences: Regular readers of MilBlogs are aware of that the author of "A Storm in Afghanistan" announced in September that his ...

New Year Pardons: It has, in several cultures, been the habit of kings and presidents to issue pardons to deserving (and sometimes undeservi...

Project VALOUR-IT soldier on the cover of Esquire : Fuzzybear Lioness has the story , along with a retrospective of the case. Bryan Anderso...

Good Work: The Virginia Citizens' Defense League is proudly reporting that a member stopped a bank robbery the other day. The crimina...

Relations: While in Indiana, I had occasion on Christmas Day for a long talk with my mother-in-law. She was raised in Alaska. A wise piece...

Iraqi Forces: I've always been opposed to those "team building" exercises that try to artificially create the unity of spirit ...

Post-Holiday Confusion: Wait, what? We're on the air? Oh, hello. Whew. Yesterday's five-hundred mile drive over several sets of m...

If this is St. Steven's Day, I'm in... Where? Farmland outside of Indianapolis, Indiana, childhood home of the little wife (whom I m...

Yuletide: I have a moment to check in after all, and I see that our friend Fuzzy has posted one of those silly holiday quizzes. "What...

Happy Holidays: Grim's Hall has residents, to my certain knowledge, who are proudly Heathen, Christian, Pagan, or Jewish. I'm not s...

Stables, Donkeys, Christmas: Reader A.H. sends this piece by Jennifer Graham , from a "play barn" in the suburbs of Boston. I hop...

Cold Weather Hats: Ron F., whose long service with the Boy Scouts is his main reason for fame here in the Hall, offers an excellent piece of...

Injustice & Animals: On the other hand, an example of an unkind and merciless thing to do is distributing this link ...

Justice & Animals: I prefer the company of serene turkey vultures overhead to that of a similar number of men, unless I can pick the par...