It's Nice to be an Influence: Although sometimes I feel bad when my passing comments inspire prolonged reflection, I do find it gratifyi...

"So, What's it like out there in the Country?" Kind of like this . Also like this .

From Armed Forces' Journal : This appears to be Yingling's full article that the Post was summarizing. He's earned his opinio...

I promised Bthun I would relate this story, which I'm surprised to discover I haven't posted before. It relates to my time as a pro...

Bush Administration to provide housing assistance until March 2009. Can we say RINO? Talk about getting pissed off. When hurricane Rita nai...

General Petraeus' Comments: Greyhawk has posted key excerpts of General Petraeus' talk on Iraq, with a link to the full transcript....

A Less Polite Rebuttal: Joe was saying the other day how much he admired David Kilcullen's kind yet thorough rebuttal of Luttwak's w...

Wiccans win Memorial Case: I see that the long-running case involving the use of pentacles as gravemarkers in military cemetaries has conclu...

Democratic Debate Tonight: The AP notifies us that we can watch/read about the debate tonight between eight Democratic Party hopefuls. The...

Your tax dollars at work: What is Applied Research Laboratories doing, and why do they need $928 million dollars to do it with? I'm just...

More on Iraqi Police training: Mike Totten and Patrick Lasswell have been driving all over Norther Iraq (otherwise known as Kurdistan) and f...

The Winner: Some wise words from old Country music singer Bobby Bare : The hulk of a man with a beer in his hand he looked like a drunk old ...

In Honor of ANZAC Day: A hero and a Scot . Hat tip to bthun, who was kind enough to send the article.

The Riding "Instructor": Since Eric liked the dancing horse so much, I thought you folks might like to see the coolest horse in th...

Iraq Security Forces Training: Has the military changed priority away from training the ISF, as reported? No, says Bill Roggio . The milit...

A Baby Shower: Many of you will have heard the story of Marine Corporal DJ Emery . Perhaps, to me, the most encouraging thing this week, and...

Frustrated Young Men: Today, National Review linked to this article by Ed Hussain, a British Muslim ex-Islamist and his experiences in Sau...

The elephant in the room: General Pace: You are being too diplomatic in this case . “(We) don’t know how they got here. (We) don’t know if t...

The Rescue! Greetings from me, Grim's wife. My nickname is Hyn, and you are all most welcome to refer to me so. I have not posted here b...

Ever seen a horse dance? No? Neither have I. But I have now, as I came across this video here today. I think the horse is having a grand ti...