Today we kick off Episode 5 of the 7-part Guest Post series: Military Life: Two Perspectives In case you missed the introduction to the series: Military Life: Two Perspectives with Leto and Avalune The topic today is Moving in the Military, from Avalune’s perspective. Next Saturday, we’ll hear Leto’s perspective on military life and family. ***** …
Mystery Recommendations 2020
Mystery Recommendations last updated Jan 12, 2020. Books 1 Dave Robichaux by James Lee Burke. 2 Charlie Parker by John Connolly. 3 Any of the Arkady Renko novels by Martin Cruz Smith, but I especially like Gorky Park, Havana Bay, and Polar Star. 4 I like Elmore Leonard. The women are smart, his good guys …
A Few Thoughts on the Attack on the Saudi Oil Facility
While we all wait to actually see something that resembles actual evidence, as opposed to speculation and assertions, of who is responsible for Saturday’s attack on the Saudi oil facility, I think there are several things to keep in mind. The first is that the administration in general and the President, the Secretary of State, …
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The INF Treaty Ends
Valued commenter Gin & Tonic asked if I plan to write on the end of the INF Treaty. I hadn’t intended to – there’s an enormous amount of good commentary (Twitter threads here and here) on it – but as I thought about it, I have some thoughts beyond the standard commentary. First, an overview …
Taking Stock of This Week’s Domestic Terrorism Campaign: Social Learning, Neutralization and Drift, and Terrorism
As we slip towards the weekend I wanted to take a moment and reflect on where we are at. First, we are very, very fortunate that Cesar Sayoc was a better sticker aficionado than he was a bomb maker. We all need to keep in mind just how much danger he created for Americans …
A Quick Follow On Regarding How The New York Times Inaccurately Framed The Coverage Of Secretary Clinton
I just want to make a quick follow on to Anne Laurie’s post by getting to the real meat of the issue that the New York Times framed the reporting on Secretary Clinton from 23 July 2015 forward by publishing an inaccurate story with a thoroughly misleading headline. Leave all the self defensiveness of different NY Times reporters …
Shameless Self-Promotion
I’ve been quoted recently in articles at The Verge and the Daily Beast. Both have to do with the chemical weapons being used in Syria. There is a lot of disinformation being floated by Russia and its allies about both the Skripal poisoning and the Douma attack. Russia and Syria are now preventing international inspectors …