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The Private at the Bottom of the Peer List
By James B. When my platoon formed up for Darby Phase, I felt out of place from the start. No one wears rank in Ranger School, but you can read the Continue Reading
Snow Showers on a Sunny Day
By Ryan Mimna I look out my window at a curious sight. As sunshine sits still in a haze, dancing in the wind, snowflakes on a sunny Continue Reading
The Cult of Performed Dysfunction
The surest sign a society has lost its mind is when it starts calling basic self-respect oppression. That’s when you know the adults have left the Continue Reading
Behind Friendly Lines
A few weeks ago, at the height of burnout and a real period of darkness, I got a text from a friend that offered a glimmer of hope. He asked if I Continue Reading
The Gun Comes Last
I have responded to enough crime scenes in my career to know what violence looks like up close. I have seen what a bullet does to a human body. I have Continue Reading
The Quiet Weight of Coming Home
There’s a moment no one really prepares you for. It’s not the firefight. Not the deployment. Not even the long, dull stretches of waiting Continue Reading
When the Machine Starts Deciding
By Carlin McKeahow By 2036, most people will not experience artificial intelligence as a chatbot. They will experience it as the thing that handled Continue Reading
Tang Ping Is Older Than the CCP
By Bruce D. Kowal Charles Faint's recent analysis of tang ping in these pages is intelligent, well-observed, and correctly identifies the Continue Reading
CS2 Ranks Explained: From Competitive to Premier
Counter Strike 2 has totally transformed players' perception of ranked matchmaking. It doesn't matter whether you are playing your Continue Reading
The Hot Take Laundromat
Nothing in modern public life is more impressive than the speed with which allegedly serious people can convert ignorance into certainty. Give them a Continue Reading
The First Amendment Does Not Protect Threats
Every election cycle, every social media controversy, and every politically charged news story seems to generate the same debate: “Isn't Continue Reading