Gen. Earl Van Dorn: Dixie girls thought he was handsome, more proof Dixie was insane. If you ever need to remind yourself that military command isn’t as glamorous as people think, it doesn’t hurt to go over the short,…
Apr 9, 2011 | Comments (41)
NOTE: My links are messed up here, I realize. Found out what’s wrong. I’ll have it fixed in tomorrow’s column. Meantime, here’s the link to the video I’m talking about: I’ve been watching the famous motorcycle-shooting video from Afghanistan,…
Apr 8, 2011 | Comments (38)
Which’ud Ya Rather Have, A BMW… A couple of the comments on yesterday’s blog were about comparing the RPG-7 and the M2 Carl Gustav Recoilless Rifle. It’s the kind of question I used to love when I talked hardware, but…
Apr 7, 2011 | Comments (73)
Ouattara: Whattarya, A Muslim Militant… Things are popping on the comment front.
Apr 6, 2011 | Comments (56)
Strange doings in Ivory Coast. Well, no, actually; what’s going on in Ivory Coast is perfectly standard West African procedure. The strange goings-on are in the way the UN has been handling things and the press has been reporting them.
Apr 5, 2011 | Comments (48)
One of the more interesting questions out of Libya is the tangled problem of who’s who, and who’s on who’s side. I’m starting to get some idea of who’s against Qaddafi—basically the young men, the East, and the tribes loyal to the king he booted out to take power.
Apr 4, 2011 | Comments (43)
Insidious is a rotten movie getting unaccountably good reviews in some quarters. For instance, Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly says: “Insidious is a haunted-house movie that has some of the most shivery and indelible images I’ve seen in any horror…
Apr 3, 2011 | Comments (18)
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