Marines Declare War: ...on garbage . Ramadi must be a pretty quiet posting these days.

Astroturfing, Again: IVAW is still at it .

On the Children of War: Cassandra asks a hard question : What do we owe the children of our dead? The answer seems self-evident; and the s...

Oof! Talk about a beating . Man alive. Nobody likes being on the wrong side of serious security arrangements. We've got Ugandans here ...

Running Man: Wretchard asks how far you can run without a support structure. The answer really depends on who "you" are, and whe...

Wow: It's not often that a post manages to be both patronizing and right-on . Get some, girl.

Diplomatic Contractors: I'm fascinated by this concept. I'm accustomed to military contractors, being one myself; but watching Stat...

I say call his bluff . Hell, its not like they don't speak the language, que?

Death & Women: The Economist tells us that men die young from chasing girls . It makes a good counterpoint to the discussion on social...

AAR: Greyhawk couldn't make it out here a week ago, but he did come by last night . It was a pleasant dinner. He and I turn out to hav...

FREEDOM AND THE HEALTH OF THE REPUBLIC Those are the themes of two books that I enthusiastically recommend to the readers of this fine blog....

Torture, Virtue & Virtue Ethics: We've talked about the famous Zimbardo study before, where people were divided into prisoners and p...

A Mother's Love: Something I wish I'd understood earlier in life is how much my parents loved me. It's something you don't ...

JSOTF-P Part II: The second part of that series is now up. As I noted at BlackFive , the MILF and the AFP held a joint medical operation th...

Wednesday Links: I'm sorry I haven't had time to do the usual analysis and thought pieces. I'd like to do more of that, but the...

Fear Mongering, Dirty, Lowdown Lying Swift Boating Haters of Hate!!!! Will the filthy, intolerant Swift Boating Haters of Hate never stop? E...

The Presiding Judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals refuses to accept final death appeals outside of working hours. This pisses off ...

"Unnecessary Force" Congratulations to Uncle Jimbo of BLACKFIVE for his first starring role in a feature film . Speaking of unnece...

Sunday Notes: Miss Ladybug has a book review that might be of interest to you. The wags at Arts & Letters Daily linked to this article...

A tribute to Al Gore, our rightful President; a man for our times :