...“You probably have time to put on pants, Sir.” LT G relates his and his platoon's experiences during the recent Mahdi army 'revol...

Grim's World Tour: Almost home. One more flight. I've been several places lately. Friday: Saturday: Sunday: But the sight I want m...

Goodbye, Iraq: Sir, said she, leave your horse here, and I shall leave mine; and took their saddles and their bridles with them, and made a ...

Reality intrudes . I encounter an enormous and growing number of people who have no frame of reference to the whole world, and everybody and...

...And I saw a leg. The Onion scores again. (via OPFOR)

McCain's "Misspeak" - a small reminder There’s plenty of commentary around on Sen. McCain’s recent statement about Iran assist...

Grim's Hall: Your Home for PR0N! I see that Magic Island Technologies, which provides the private internet service to Camp Victory, has...

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT The LT G post that Eric linked to below is very troubling. That post appears to demonstrate a real lack of understandin...

Ah, Tony McPeak: Of course I respect the service of retired Air Force General Tony McPeak, who gave his country thirty-six years of his life...

Rules of Engagement . In which, LT G appears to finally decide that asking forgiveness is a better choice than asking permission. It's n...

Let Me Tell You Of The Days of High Adventure:

On Ostara, Easter, Beowulf, Odin, Merlin, and Coifi: This Easter, I would offer a lengthy meditation on some powerful legends, and how they ...

GEORGE WILL, ENEMY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT George Will has written an article decrying the bureaucratic abuses of government officials in Pinal ...

Limits of Imagination Query - The recent tributes to the late and rightly-admired Arthur C. Clarke lead me to think of imaginative fiction, ...

A Remarkable Lapse: Stephen Hayes responds to a Pentagon survey of 600,000 documents captured from Saddam's intelligence service. He f...

The Obama Speech: This was a tremendously good speech. Read it , for speeches are better to be read than heard, as you can more easily sepa...

An Experiment: In fairness to Wright and his mentors, consider this post at a Catholic website. The post is simply an American flag, with ...

Wow: An alternative vision of the proper view of enemies in religion , courtesy of Obama's preacher of 20 years' service. Black theo...

Finding a Home: It is Easter week. I want to offer two pieces on Christianity and warriors. The first is from Robert Graves , describing b...

A Fascinating Discussion: Via Southern Appeal , an example of blogging at its best. The initial proposition is well-formed, and the debate...