Last week I published a long note from a young veteran, on his view of the Chickenhawk Nation conundrum. (Original…
Among the lost opportunities in this crazed electoral system is any real discussion of the topic all candidates claim to…
Daily Trump #8, May 29, 2016, Illegal immigrants have it too easy Yesterday at the Rolling Thunder mass…
I would like to mention three. The first is a story my wife Deb wrote in our American…
After President Obama’s anti-ISIS speech, I said that I agreed with his strategy and its underlying logic, but could understand…
After President Obama’s speech on ISIS last night, I argued that he was making a least-bad, sane, shrewd case about…
In his speech about ISIS, the president shows the strength and the weakness of his logic-driven approach.
Following the books, TV shows, and movies mentioned here and here, a few more suggestions. The Good Soldiers…
Late last night I explained why I thought that Nancy Sherman’s Afterwar was an important non-fiction entry in the still-not-large-enough…
In my “Tragedy of the American Military” article early this year and in many updates since then…
Let’s continue our saga of the professional sports-world’s embrace of military imagery, costuming, and honoring-our-heroes celebration. A reader points…
It is this extraordinary report, by Brian Castner, published today in Motherboard. It is called “One Degree of Separation in…
In response to this past week’s NFL observances of Veterans Day, including camouflage-themed clothing for coaches and sideline staff, a…
Will Bardenwerper, who joined the Army after the 9/11 attacks and served as an infantry officer in Iraq, has…
Short-version background to this post: what I’m calling Chickenhawk Nation is a country whose troops are always at war, but…
In the context of this past week’s “Paid Patriotism” report by Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake…
A retired Air Force officer, who still does some contracting work with the Pentagon, writes about the news that…
In this new Thread I will revive a string of reader commentary, plus news updates (F-35, A-10, budgets and strategy…
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of addressing Stewart Brand’s “Long Now” seminar in San Francisco, talking about…
Last night I offered a brief reading list about the long-building naval showdown in the South China Sea, plus…