GREAT WESTERNS Anyone who knows anything about me knows that I LOVE Westerns, be they movies or books. Consequently, I am always on the look...

School is In: A quick Iraq story, to lay over the following email from our old friend JarHeadDad. Last week, LTCOL (Ret.) Oliver North was ...

A True Classic of Heroic Leadership Fiction: Okay, my mind is on fiction tonight and it's all Joel's fault. On my way home last tim...

A Short Ramble on His Dark Materials : Joel's recent post on The Golden Compass and the general webwide chatter about it got me to thin...

Hunting Hyenas: About a week or so ago, I actually got a few hours off during the daylight. I'd seen some hyenas wandering around at ni...

RELIGION AND THE CULTURE The subject of religion has once again taken center stage in the national discourse. One could say that this is uns...

Iowahawk & TNR: I believe our Eric Blair is also from Iowa : Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 ..... 875 Next By the weekend, the Standard's editor,...

The Old and the Young: I have had relatively little time lately, and I apologize for that. My old favorite, Arts & Letters Daily , prov...

Defining Victory: I think it's helpful to be able to articulate a vision for victory. That said, it is possible to be wrong about this...

Another "Been in Iraq Too Long" List: You've probably seen the famous one , but this list is even better. "You kick asid...

Yule Gifts: As always, I'll repost a link to Sgt. Rob's 'Gifts for Deployed Soldiers.' The Gerber Applegate-Fairbairn rema...

Bet nobody involved had a clean pair of pants after this. (Watch it all the way through). Anti-tank Missile Accident

Friday Links: More on the surfer who solved the world . There's a useful analogy to an earlier point in physics. As the article notes,...

Thanksgiving: I wish one and all a Happy Thanksgiving. I am most thankful for a warm and friendly home, where my mother is baking pumpkin gi...

Feel Free to ... err...Pile On® Pile On® offers some appropriate post-prandial exercise for Turkey Day over at The Institute: This is a foo...

Molto bene! Your Inner European is Italian! Passionate and colorful. You show the world what culture really is. Who's Your Inner Europea...

Wednesday Links: Cap'n Smith is talking about N. Iraq . I don't get out that way, so if you're interested, see what he has to s...

Love is: ...forever strange. A remarkable article from the New York Times tells us about 'love in the time of dementia.' Former J...

Next It'll Be Text Diplomacy: State Dept. Tries Blog Diplomacy , reports the Washington Post : By Walter Pincus The State Department, de...

Military Matters: EagleSpeak has a great post : The last warship from World War II came home Tuesday to the United States. Of more contempor...