Future of the Army

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On September 28, 2011
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My column this week thinks through the Army post-COIN, post-Afghanistan: The fact that the Army lacks a clear opponent to define itself against complicates its ability to make a case for its future role. The Navy and the Air Force may face difficulties explaining their roles...

Worthy of Notice

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On September 27, 2011

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Friend of LGM and dismayingly relevant author Charles Pierce has a new politics blog at Esquire, which is of course excellent.    See, for example, this analysis of the Republican attack.

Two Cheers for Luddism

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In Work
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On September 27, 2011
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An interesting discussion in the comment thread to Erik's post on the welcome decline of robocheckers below. There's been some mild pushback against the notion of resisting robocheckers out of solidarity with the actual paycheck-drawing, rent-paying, family-feeding workers. The pushback is of the sort of "that...

Wangari Maathai

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I would be remiss to not mention the death of the great African environmentalist, feminist, and activst Wangari Maathai. The Kenyan activist began her activist career by figuring out that paying women to plant trees would both provide employment for women and protect the land. She...

Dressen. Mauch. Randolph. Tito?

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We don't know if the Red Sox will complete the choke, but they've already blown it. And while Epstein isn't to blame for the choke per se, it's hard to escape the conclusion that Cashman and (especially) Friedman have been running rings around him for a...
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