The story in his head. By now, I'm assuming that readers of this blog are aware of PVT Scott Thomas Beauchamp. If not, go over Michelle ...

Oklahoma City - Note for Travelers: I had occasion to visit Oklahoma City last weekend, and saw two things worth mentioning in this Hall. So...

After six hundred fifty days, a soldier comes home : [O]ur two buses were joined by escorts from the State Patrol, and a couple of dozen mot...

Bloggers & Journalists: I recently wrote a piece at B5 in response to an article from Harpers , in which I offered an education for jour...

The Epic of Lacplesis My recent switch to the active Army caused me to undergo some leadership training. One of my fellow trainees was a ma...

The Involunteers : A new poem by Russ Vaughn of Old War Dogs . One thing to me rings loud and clear Through mainstream media sources: Libs d...

Permalinks Finally Fixed: Now, only several months after it became a problem, our permalinks work again. Thanks to Fuzzy for giving me a ti...

Language and Terrorism: A scholarly article at The Chronicle of Higher Education makes the case for calling people names . Well, not just a...

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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...