Glad to see that our Congressmen is on message about the real utility of space:
Washington Times, January 11, 2008 Pg. 19
Needed: Strategy For Space Protection
China’s anti-satellite efforts pose danger By Terry Everett A year ago this week, the People’s Republic of China launched one of its ballistic missiles and destroyed a satellite orbiting overhead, creating [...]
Here’s another fantastic op-ed by the only airman willing to stick his neck out and say what needs to be said. Of course it helps if you can write like this, but still…
One of the lodestars of great writing is concentration–and Dunlap concentrated so much in these few words, especially in his last paragraph.
Fouad Ajami is one of those rare scholar/commentators about whom one can confidently say “read everything he writes.” He was my professor at SAIS one memorable semester. I had only marginal interest in the subject (the Middle East), but followed the prevailing wisdom that one must take his class just for the theater. He is [...]
Folks,From an H-War posting, a review in the Weekly Standard of a recent book written by a West Point professor of English. Basically, it touts the Academy as a place where a book based intellectual journey is important and one that continues for many after they leave the institution. I would contrast this finding with [...]
Lots of good stuff today. I’ve been frozen out of my computer since the last post (DoD security is ensuring all its employees aren’t wasting the government’s money by playing video games or gambling off-shore while they are on company time–now that college football and the NFL are done for the year, fantasy games are [...]