Friend of the blog Jason Sigger is moving onwards and upwards. Unfortunately, this means that Armchair Generalist will be shutting down. DHS' gain is our loss; Sigger has long been a vital progressive voice on hard security affairs. Also, the green dragon graphic is absolutely perfect...
Last night I was on the Alyona Show, talking differences between Syria and Libya.
"People should just chill. He's done a lot of good in this world." This was my daughter's general reaction to the 60 Minutes expose on Greg Mortenson, author of Three.
I have a new column up about the Supreme Court stretching to defend corporate interests -- who saw that coming? -- in AT&T v. Concepcion. Another point about the preemption cases is that they're a classic example of Lemieux's Law: Nobody Actually Cares About Federalism. Nor...
Appropriately enough, Andrew McCarthy. In related news, it's amusing to see Glenn Reynolds "forgetting" about the right-wing smear campaign against lawyers who defended Gitmo detainees. I actually don't agree with.
Via Ricks, a brief addendum from General William DePuy to Charli's post below on small unit dynamics: Why is that? It is because unlike a bomber crew, they don't have.
...goals that, whatever their merits, certainly have nothing to do with what Chris Christie is trying to do.
You know, I used to think that Barack Obama would make a vastly better president than the Donald (or even the Donalde), but if a washed up sixth-string child star.
Speaking of frivolity... VAN v. NSH: There are two ways you could look at Vancouver's issues in round 1. One way is that you have to worry about a team.
As someone with no interest in and political disdain for the royal wedding I found this chart funny, but that isn't to say that Matt isn't right. What you find entertaining you find entertaining, and watching the royal wedding is no more or less defensible that...
When outlining "The Case for Cursive," a journalist ought to provide an actually compelling argument. The best substitute, it seems, runs something like this: Might people who write only by.
Excellent in-depth discussion of the Stryker Brigade in the New York Times. What's great about this piece is that the author goes into considerable depth to understand the structural context.