I noticed that the Pending file on Disqus was filling up unusually fast, and it appears that someone somewhere had declared “asshole” off limits. Obviously, this aggression cannot stand. LGM commentariat, YOUR ASSHOLES ARE FREE AND WELCOME HERE!
Author: Robert Farley
Armenia remains a dream, a subject of stories; it is still, against all odds, a place. Might could be a coup going on in Armenia. Polish suicide drones? I’m skeptical about the idea of integrati
In my latest at the Diplomat I do some riffing on Dan’s recent Foreign Affairs piece: The United States is undoubtedly moving into a period of heightened competition with China. However, Washing
We don’t often talk golf here, but given the demographics of our readership it would be pretty surprising if there weren’t quite a few golfers… anyway, Tiger Woods has been severely injured in a car accident. I can’t remember an athlete ever dominating a sport quite like he did in the day, and I very […]
A friend of mine recently needed to have some significant back surgery (still does, in fact). His need collided with the American health care system in particularly gross fashion: Lee received a call
No one ever complains about a speech being too short! Missiles! Cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, all the missiles you want… Everything you ever wanted to know about Finland’s fighter p
The latest from the Prince-Devos Crime Family… Erik Prince, the former head of the security contractor Blackwater Worldwide and a prominent supporter of former President Donald J. Trump, violated a United Nations arms embargo on Libya by sending weapons to a militia commander who was attempting to overthrow the internationally backed government, according to U.N. […]
Six minutes to decide how to respond to a blip on a radar scope and decide whether to unleash Armageddon! Man, the State, War, Woman, Childbirth, and Dynastic Succession is a somewhat less pithy titl
No rest in peace for this one. Limbaugh burning in Hell would go a long way towards justifying the evangelical Christian vision of the afterlife. A consistent booster of the fascist right, he played a
My pleasure reading over the past two months has primarily been Ian Toll’s Pacific Triology. I’m into 1945 now, where Toll takes an unusually deep dive into the Battle of Manila, which inspired a three part series over at the Diplomat on the 76th anniversary of the battle. First part covers the basics: Seventy-six years […]
You’d be surprised about what you can get, if you ask for it the right way. Solarwinds, Defend Forward, and Persistent Engagement. Lotta jargon going on here, but it does offer some explanation
A student at my school interviewed me about the book and managed to stump me on a question… give it a lesson if it’s your thing…