The Thoughts that Haunt Me
A profligate government bureaucrat with you behind him! (c) Can Stock Photo More and more, the words haunting me are the ones I wrote in the final sentence of my … Read More
Month: May 2016
The Decay of U.S. Armed Forces
U.S. Army soldiers in Ramadi, August 2006 Wikimedia Commons/Air Force Tech Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock One of the major reasons for the weakening of U.S. alliances has been the decay … Read More
The Weakening of U.S. Alliances and National Security
People’s Liberation Army contingent at 2015 Moscow Victory Day Parade Wikimedia Commons/Kremlin.ru Probing of the U.S. alliance periphery is being done by more than just Russia and ISIS. In my … Read More
U.S. Alliances: Will They Last?
States with U.S. military relationships: Dark Blue are the NATO members, Purple are major non-NATO allies, and Pale Blue are signatories of Partnership for Peace with NATO Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Sesmith … Read More
The Role of Ideology in Politics
The School of Athens, a place for the development of ideologies Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Raphael (1505) Many of the people with whom I have talked over my lifetime, if indeed not most, hated the … Read More
Donald Trump’s Lack of Knowledge
Sweeping up Hungarian banknotes after the Hungarian pengö was replaced in 1946. Wikimedia Commons/Mizerák István – Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum Történeti Fényképtára, Budapest Donald Trump’s loose lips could sink a whole … Read More
The Anguish of a Conservative Voter
OMIGOD! Donald Trump is going to be the Republican nominee!! (c) Can Stock Photo Now that Donald Trump is the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party, what is a principled … Read More
Par-teey! One Year of A Divided World!
Happy Birthday, A Divided World! Freeimages.com Today is the one year anniversary of A Divided World! In the past year I have truly enjoyed writing the … Read More
More on HGV Defenses
YAL-1A airborne laser in flight with the mirror unstowed Photo Credit:Wikimedia Commons/U.S. Missile Defense Agency This is the third post in a series on the threat of Chinese and Russian … Read More
Defenses Against Hypersonic Glide Vehicles
Hypersonic reentry of an HGV Image Credit: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) In my last post I wrote about the unique threat against U.S. national security posed by the … Read More
The Menace of Hypersonic Glide Vehicles
Deployment of U.S. Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle (HTV2) AFP Photo/Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA) While Obama’s administration is cutting back on defense spending and futuristic defense development programs, both … Read More