James Baker III nor Andrew Young are neither of them men whose politics I much feel close to, but I can't disagree about this . The U.S....

Erik Prince's proposal to privatize the war in Afghanistan has several drawbacks, one of which is that I don't think it can possibly...

Not that any of you need the reference, but here it is anyway.

DOD confesses it's got a few... more... troops than it has previously admitted deployed in the 'Stan.

Some nice pieces among these.

Cobb County has always been my least favorite part of the Atlanta metropolitan complex. It grew up fast and early, in advance of some bette...

Wandering around the internet recently brought me to Beachcombing's Bizarre History Blog , where the author's focus is on such thin...

Newly published today, a mortar team covers its own position with rifles while sending rounds downrange. Not very far downrange. UPDATE: ...

Image from 5 Bravo . Tex writes this afternoon to say: "Really good here thx, grocery store to open tomorrow." Hopefully we...

The NYT deserves some credit for publishing this piece . I'll even forgive the use of Manning's preferred pronouns and titles in t...

Tom Coburn writes : The states created the federal government. They gave it a sphere of jurisdiction, over which it is supreme. That jurisdi...

"The ship was identified as an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer belonging to the Navy’s 7th Fleet ." Those do seem to be having som...

Congress may not deserve its low ratings for a change . An analysis by the Pew Research Center that looked at every piece of legislation tha...

Turns out one of the most commonly-told stories of environmental degradation simply doesn't check out. The actual forestation in Haiti ...

A good piece by a doctor of geography (to include culture and politics, he notes in his bio) on the irrationality attending our current deba...

UPDATE: Elise reports hearing from Tex. She & house are ok. Friday 1728 Romeo: Tex reports internet down, power and other comms stil...

Mathematicians have finally figured out an ancient set of carvings. Turns out, the Babylonians were very solid on their trigonometry . The ...

An interesting counterexample: a favored deputy of Robert E. Lee's who is largely uncelebrated in statuary . Why? Senator William Maho...

New York City's Saturday Night Live has deigned to allow us to feel pride in some features of our heritage. The following are authoriz...