Tales from the Spaceport Bar : That was the title of a book I remember reading back about twenty years ago -- ah, here it is . I had to go ...

It's Friday. Go get a cold one.

Grits for Breakfast points to an interesting article from The Monitor of McAllen, Texas. In short, there is a proposal to put private con...

Evolutionary Psychology and Human Nature: A fascinating article examines the question of human nature , focused particularly on relations be...

Marine Cleared in Haditha Investigation: Red State has the story .

He got his wish. It appears that Abdul Rashid Ghazi was killed in the assault on the 'red' mosque in Islamabad today. Couldn't h...

Endless Regulations: As if to underscore the point made two posts down, OSHA weighs in with a "proposed rule" governing "exp...

Anabasis, Book I Chapter II: The Commissar's project continues . Especially if you haven't read Anabasis before, you might enjoy f...

A Republican Platform: Armed Liberal at Winds of Change wrote a hypothetical Democratic nominee acceptance speech , to show where he thinks ...

Anabasis , Book I: The Commissar has taken to the study of ancient Greek, and is blogging his translation of Xenophon's Anabasis . This...

Happy Birthday: Two hundred thirty-one years ago, a small band of men got together to settle a large problem. They represented a group of co...

Maulana Jefferson Davis: This story from Pakistan should be fun to watch. It reminds one strongly of the alleged capture of Jefferson Davi...

Mr. Libby: I'm bothered to see President Bush, who has never shown a particular desire to make use of the presidential powers of pardon ...

Back to the future. Just keep clicking . I'm of an age where I only saw this stuff in old magazines. I wonder what it was like to see i...

They shot the Donkeys too. Michael Yon, who proves once again that he is the equal of any reporter working for a 'real' news service...

Congrats, Mike! A happy day for Mike the Marine , who is a new father. Mike is a long-time friend of the Hall, and in fact is the guy who t...

Officer Retention Survey: This morning, I and a bunch of younger officers had to take a survey sponsored by the Army Research Institute , ai...

Congrats, Doc: Having mentioned Doc Russia in the last post, I should point out that he has completed his internship . At last, he and his ...

Another Meme: I have noticed that almost every one of these things that gets to me comes from Cass or FbL . So here's another one. * P...

Friday Lyrics: I'm not sure why on Friday, but it's a habit of Cassidy's . And why not? When I woke up I was all alone With a b...