Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Thanks to the kind auspices of the Navy League, for two years running now I’ve enjoyed hospitality from the local Coast Guard, as they’ve taken us out on the Bay to enjoy the Blue Angel fly overs. Without exception, the crew members we’ve met have been lovely — generous with
Continue readingPhibian, who is one one of my oldest blog friends, explains at Big Peace how the President’s entirely artificial time line for withdrawing from Afghanistan not only emboldens the Taliban (and makes a negotiated peace impossible), but also destroys all good efforts at future planning in that theater. If you
Continue readingA moment in Hebron with the IDF. Please stick with the video to around the 50 second mark: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqjsFExPOnM[/youtube] Hat tip: Sadie, who found it at The Muqata
Continue readingI don’t know what alchemy went into creating the personality that is SSG Sal Giunta, but there was a drop of something very special mixed in. I am so glad he is a living Medal of Honor winner. You don’t need to be dead to have been extraordinarily brave.
Continue readingMy (conservative) book club read Victor Davis Hanson’s A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War. One of the points Hanson makes in the book is that Pericles embarked upon a new type of warfare: Periclean strategy . . . defined the new war
Continue readingThere are two storm warnings I want to give you, one of which requires action on your part, the other of which, depending on where you live, falls into the “sit, watch, and thank God you’re far away” category. First warning: Drastic cuts to the military, courtesy of Bawney Fwank,
Continue reading[UPDATE 5-5-15: Learn here about the surprising, and very important, update to this story.] About a month ago, our local newspaper ran an admiring article about a retired Marine who is training young people who want to enlist in the military (plus a video). It turns out that, for some
Continue readingSomething happened in the Middle East that put Michael Yon at odds with a lot of the milbloggers. I have no idea if there’s a right or a wrong in this dispute, or if there’s just a lot of muddy middle, with some well-meaning people kind of trapped there. I
Continue readingI feel I should say something, so I will. Being me, of course, what I say will be discursive. Re McChrystal: An excellent general who didn’t hit it off with Obama from the git-go (blame lies, I believe, with Obama), and who failed utterly in the diplomatic discretion category —
Continue readingOne of the highlights of my life since I joined the Navy League is Fleet Week, held every October here in San Francisco. This isn’t because I have such a pathetic life that anything out of the ordinary is exciting. Nooo. It’s because Fleet Week, which is always a great
Continue readingIt’s the first day of summer for my kids, so I’ve been in mommy mode all day (expect when I was in martial arts mode, which was, frankly, more fun). Things cross my radar, though, and there are three things that came my way that I wanted to put onto
Continue readingIf you read one thing today, read this non-homophobic, non-sexist article explaining why it’s a terrible mistake to allow women, and “out” gays to serve in combat units.
Continue readingMichael Yon has been for many years a truly admirable blogger. On his own dime, he’s inserted himself into Iraq and Afghanistan, creating beautiful, powerful photo essays about our two-front war. He’s not beholden to any publishing company, so he’s operated with a freedom that you can’t get from even
Continue readingThis past weekend’s sunny Saturday morning was a quintessential suburban spring day. I gathered with hundreds of other families at a local high school for our children’s swim meet. We traveled there in our comfortable cars, air conditioners blowing, driving over clean safe streets. We all met up at the
Continue readingIs this really the Gene Simmons of KISS fame? Having read his bio, I think it is. (By the way, it’s a surprisingly interesting and impressive bio. Who knew?) [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MtdIO23MKM[/youtube]
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