The Grim Doctrine, Merle Haggard Corollary The point about Schumpeter, below, echoes what old Merle was saying here: The rights that the cri...

Speechless: Another one via Gwa.45 . What's worse: that they thought this picture would be reassuring, or that -- out of all their tac ...

And This is My... The Dissident Frogman tries to help his countrymen 'fake the news a bit better.' My favorite line: "So yo...

The Peace Racket: Via The Geek w/ a . 45, a link to an article worth reading . We need to make two points about this movement at the outset....

Big Debate Day II: It also turns out there is a debate centered on Megan McArdle's Atlantic Monthly blog about animal rights . This fa...

Big Debate Day: Today, we're going to join a couple of the big debates swirling through the blogosphere. The first one, which I address...

Echo: A new study considers the depth of heartbreak : "People who are more in love really are a little more upset after a breakup, but...

Good Dog: Via Soldiers Angels, Germany: Malbern, Ark., native Air Force Staff Sgt. Jacob Holm, a military working dog handler, rewards Zasko...

Tenet's Pre-9/11 Efforts Faulted Gee, ya think so?

How to Spy in Iraq Michael Totten again has an excellent article, this one on the nuts and bolts of what I guess is the softer side of COIN ...

Yeah, I remember those.... The people at the Smoking Gun got their hands on the soldier comments about some new MRE's being fielded by ...

Alright, Grim has given me the go-ahead to take over the movie club for this month. As close readers of the comments know, I have chosen 17...

Clerisy: It's interesting to see the debate referenced here , many of the links of which are worth following. It points to several of t...

Monday Reading: I have a new piece on COIN in response to yesterday's NYT article from the 82nd ABN NCOs. One of you, who knows who he ...

An Interesting Post from Kim du Toit: On the spirit of the 3rd Amendment . I'd like to ask our lawyers their thinking on his interpreta...

My Heart Bleeds: A reader sends this story about ammunition shortages for police: Troops training for and fighting the wars in Iraq and Afg...

Experts: Exercise is Bad for You That, at least, is the only message I can take from this article : Deer hunting could be a dangerous endea...

Small Wars Journal on Mattis, Kilcullen: The SWJ Blog has a piece contrasting David Kilcullen's work with that of USMC Lt. General Mat...

With Respects to the Lady: I trust Ms. Althouse has sufficient reason for her ire toward the blogger at Firedoglake, which site seems to di...

A Funeral we can all Enjoy: My friend Bill Roggio tells me that the Moro Media Center has released a celebration of the life of Khaddafy Ja...