So, to day is June 6th. 65 years ago today, a whole lot of American, British, Canadian, and French soldiers stormed Fortress Europe. General...

Scratch four flattops! So, today is June 4. I have read that the Japanese intended to rename Midway "The Glorious Month of June" a...

On Prostitution: Cassandra, that delightful woman, has once again deleted a discussion thread just as I was beginning to enjoy it. :) We had...

Heraldry, IV: I mentioned 2/1 Armor had just returned home to Germany. Here is some of the heraldry they left behind. Sadly, the last one r...

For Grim: Storm that fort! Looks like the Russians remember too.

Heraldry III: This one's for Eric. I think that heraldry is a lot like poetry: the best of it comes from the most strict traditions. I...

Heraldry, Part II: Task Force Dragon At various times, units of different sizes have held the distinction of being "task forces" ...

Heraldy, Part I: One of the things I admire about the US Army is its devotion to the traditions of heraldry. The US Army's College of H...

North Korea Tests Second Nuclear Device, Fires Short-Range Missiles Korea made its second test of a nuclear explosive on Monday and declared...

Game Theory: Let's play a game . Now Congress is moving to limit the penalties on riskier borrowers, who have become a prime source of b...

Cannibals! One of the interesting sections from the paper we've been discussing is the Turkish view of the Franks as cannibals: Other Mu...

Crusaders: I know the officer who wrote this . Good man.

Enjoy this, Grim! That was a good king! via American Digest , who brings up in his own way, my point about technology and entertainment, but...

Monkeysuits and Manners. The guys over at Instapunk have an interesting post concerning the recent White House Correspondents' Associat...

Obama's War. WASHINGTON, May 11, 2009 – Citing the need for new thinking and new ideas in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates...

Well, Now: Here's an interesting -- if unproven -- theory : [T]he painter Vincent van Gogh did not slice off his left ear in a fit of ma...

Madness: The Independent writes : [W]hat, if anything, could possibly link minds that gave the world the theory of relativity, great surrea...

Tuesday Lyrics (because, why not?) - Here's a YouTube video of a song I've always liked, "Twa Recruiting Sergeants," poin...

Iranian Airstrikes: We've let the Turks get away with this kind of thing before, so now Iran wants to play : It is a serious development...

Are Giant Ravens Next? - All right, you fantasists, here's a bit of Alaskan prehistory from Not Exactly Rocket Science. But he forgot ...