By • Jul 25,2009

The Friedman unit

You really can find anything on Wikipedia: The Friedman, or Friedman Unit (F.U.), is a tongue-in-cheek neologism coined by blogger Atrios (Duncan Black) on May 21, 2006. A Friedman is...

By • Jul 25,2009

Another foray into climate science

As always, my role is the amateur plunging into a pool of expertise. On Thursday, George Will quoted Mark Steyn to the effect, If you’re 29, there has been no...

By • Jul 25,2009

Welcome to Gates-gate

When I first saw the headlines about Gates being arrested, I thought to myself, “How in the world did the Secretary of Defense get arrested?” No, not that Gates. Henry...

By • Jul 25,2009

Abu Muqawama, back from Afghanistan

Counterinsurgency blogger Andrew Exum, aka Abu Muqawama, is back from Afghanistan. Andrew explains: I was asked by General McChrystal to be part of a small team of scholars and practitioners...

By • Jul 25,2009

The generals of ’76

The Wall Street Journal has a very good profile today of the West Point Class of 1976, whose graduates include Ray Odierno, our commander in Iraq, and Stanley McChrystal, our...

By • Jul 24,2009

Summer cocktails

Rod points out that the NY Times has published its summer drinks issue; Rod shares his own favorite beverage (which sounds pretty interesting; I might have to incorporate the habanero...