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...

By • Jul 23,2009

High taxes drain talent

Matt Yglesias points out that because Florida has no income tax NBA superstars might be more inclined to play for Miami than the New York Knicks, because NYC has massive...