A Question for our Blawgers: Can I get one or both of you military lawyers to look this over , especially the video, and give me a read on i...

BACK IN THE SADDLE After a lengthy absence I have finally found time to contribute to this fine blog. I returned from a seven and a half mo...

Spin! This is a highly welcome development, as the very best thing we can hope for from Congress on Iraq right now is that they shut up unt...

Steven Aftergood Drops In: In the comments to the post below, Steven Aftergood of the Federation of American Scientists dropped by to comme...

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...

Goodnight, Cass: This is all her fault. LikeTelevision Embed Movies and TV Shows

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...