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Eccentric and Idiosyncratic Commentary on Current and Military Affairs
9/26/2026 Big Thought for the Day: The reason for retirement is that it takes so much time to manage your medications that you no longer have time to work.
9/21/26 In 2006 journalist Tom Ricks wrote a best-selling book about the decision to go to war in Iraq and the early years of that war. His take on the…
8/20/2026 There were many factors that brought about the creation of the State of Israel. There was the Zionist movement that began in the late nineteenth century, the Balfour declaration…
7/2/2026 The 4th of July weekend has begun and the pundits and news sites are already beginning with the expected “celebratory” material. It is hard for them this year, with…
6/28/2026 Thought for the Day: Both Donald Trump in the US and Brexit in the UK were populist reactions to a neoliberal economic and political system that was enriching and…
6/19/2026 As I read and listen to the commentary about the Memorandum of Understanding with Iran, I am told, over and over again, that the US military has done huge…
6/15/2026 This weekend past, there were two birthday celebrations: one, in London on Saturday, June 13th, marked the King’s Birthday, but was really a celebration of British nationhood; the other,…
5/23/2026 Scary Thought for the Memorial Day Weekend: Memorial Day began as a tribute to the dead (700,000 or so according to the latest estimates) of the American Civil War.…
5/16/2026 Worrisome Thought of the day: Is the People’s Liberation Army “Great General Staff” telling Xi that if he’s going to do it, now’s the time. (Picking up on something…
5/10/2025 I have argued before that the appearance of swarms of drones, ones that are that are now cheap enough to be used to hunt individuals, and to create an…
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