Eric Martin links to Fred Kaplan's nice illustration of how reduced recruiting standards matter for military performance:The pattern is clear: The higher the score on the aptitude test, the better the performance in the field. This is true for individual soldiers and for units. [...]Smarter...
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LGM, on the other hand, will happily endorse the first candidate to buy a Blogad on our site.Not really, but I wish someone would buy a damn Blogad. We've been.
I have to admit that I'm a little puzzled by Matt's dudgeon regarding the Ethiopia-Somalia war. The situation in Somalia has, for the last fifteen years, been just about as.
Tim Kurkijian on Tony Gwynn:Gwynn is the best hitter since Ted Williams. No.Tony Gwynn was about as good a hitter as one can be without substantial power or patience at the plate. He was very good, yes, and deserves to be in the Hall of...
Juan Cole has a nice discussion of Gerald Ford's foreign policy. Cole concludes that Ford's record was solid enough, relative to his contemporaries. Loomis does not fully concur, noting that.
Eric Martin cuts to the chase:Let's say, again ex arguendo, that Iran's actions have been intolerabely malicious and destructive, and that our own acts and intentions have been peaceful and.
The North Carolina and South Dakota class battleships were designed with the limits of the Washington Naval Treaty in mind. Although much more could be accomplished in 1938 with 35000 tons than in 1921, sacrifices still had to be made. As had been practice in...
I dug into this exchange between Max Boot and Geoffrey Wheatcroft with some mild enthusiasm. Boot, while often wrong, at least tends to be interesting and is well-informed about military.
Read Brad Plumer's excellent article on the Houston janitorial strike, and what it may portend for union organizing in the South. Plumer has this interesting paragraph, which got me thinking:So.
Friday Cat Blogging... Bali
Today is a day of great shame. On the upside, Duck basketball has started off very well. I'm sure that they'll also fail in pathetic fashion.
Mr. Trend has a nifty little post about Brazil's World War II Memorial. Brazilian Rangers served in Italy in World War II, and Brazil's navy conducted anti-submarine patrols in both.