Long time readers of LGM will recollect that Louis Alphonse Bourbon is one of several contenders for the now-defunct throne of France. The aspiring Louis XX made some news earlier this week: The statu
Winston had ten ideas every day, only one of which was good, and he did not know which it was. … Without him England was lost for a certainty, with him England has been on the verge of disaste
But there stood Hector,shackled fast by his deadly fate, holding his ground,exposed in front of Troy and the Scaean Gates. Reading Great Books with Colonels; Jackie Whitt’s reflections on teachi
We’d like to, but we can’t accept your surrender! An F-35 has crashed at Eglin, second crash of a stealth fighter there in the last week. We should pause to take note that both the F-35 an
Scratch one flat top. Very interesting stuff on how local polities learn from one another with respect to COVID-19 response. Potentially very useful for future research on how organizations learn vica
I have a short piece over at Hush Kit about the Wright Brothers Patent War (tip of the hat for “Those litigious men in their flying machines”): Modern military aviation began just as indus
Our age is one of guided missiles and unguided men. This is why it’s important to be careful with missiles, and one of the reasons why the US Navy has always been a bit sketchy about ship-to-shi
The California State system has shifted to mostly online education for fall 2020. The 23-campus California State University system plans to all but cancel in-person classes in the fall and instead wil