There’s an uncomfortable truth buried beneath the headlines—and like most uncomfortable truths, it’s being ignored. The Southern Poverty Law Center Continue Reading
Iran’s Pink Missile Problem
Some regimes project power. Others perform it. And right now, Iran is doing theater. Not the kind meant to entertain—but the kind meant to Continue Reading
Veterans: Become the “Invincible Summer”
Albert Camus wrote it plainly: “In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.” It’s the kind of line that gets Continue Reading
Policy Isn’t Built on the Best Ideas—It’s Built on the Best Relationships
There’s a comforting myth in Washington, D.C., and in every large organization that tries to look like it: that policy is built on merit. The best Continue Reading
You May Fly Over a Land Forever; You May Bomb It, Atomize It, Wipe It Clean of Life — But…
“You may fly over a land forever; you may bomb it, atomize it, and wipe it clean of life — but if you desire to defend it, protect it, and keep it for Continue Reading
The “Veteran As Victim” Myth Is Killing Veterans
There is a story America loves to tell about its veterans.It’s neat. It’s emotional. It’s well-intentioned. And it’s doing real harm. The modern Continue Reading
NY Is Starting to Run Out of Other Peoples’ Money
Margaret Thatcher said it years ago: socialism works—until you run out of other people’s money. New York may not call itself socialist, but the Continue Reading
Iran’s “’Tis Only a Fleshwound” Strategy
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn warned about lies. Monty Python warned about something else entirely—delusion. Oddly enough, the latter might be more Continue Reading
Leave No One Behind: It’s OK That the Rest of the World Doesn’t Understand
There are a lot of things about the US military that don’t make sense from the outside looking in. Why we train the way we do.Why we push people to Continue Reading
The More You Know, the Less You Speak
Early in my career, I believed competence announced itself. I thought knowledge needed volume, that confidence required projection, and that Continue Reading
Once You Strike the Match, You Don’t Get to Lecture the Fire on Its Manners
There is a comforting lie we tell ourselves about violence: that it can be summoned, directed, and restrained according to our intentions. That we can Continue Reading
Learn How to Fight… Because the Terrorists Are
There is a comforting lie we tell ourselves in polite society, especially when it comes to violence: someone else will handle it. The police. Continue Reading