Pen and Sword

Five years ago today, though I didn't know it at the time, my best friend's mother died in the Pentagon. I had just retired from th...

Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it. --Mark Twain I h...

I'm debating whether I'll be able to watch the Dick Cheney interview on this mornings Meet the Press. It might be worth watching ju...

The much debated Path to 9/11 ABC/Disney propaganda-drama shouldn't really make a spit's bit of difference in the American politica...

Young Mister Bush gave his fourth speech on terror yesterday morning in Atlanta Georgia. It was both terrifying and terrible. I'm star...

I just heard through a back channel source that John Bolton's nomination is being pulled. I'll let you know more as soon as I hear ...

The American Legion, 2.7 million members strong, is the largest of America's veterans' service organizations. The Legion does a lot...

As if we needed further proof that the Bush compliant GOP doesn't want diplomacy to work… Reuters reports that Republicans on the Senat...

Every six months or so the American Legion sends me a letter asking why I haven't joined yet. Last week, at its annual convention in Sa...

A blast from last April on Rummy over at ePluribus . When I get home, I'll have a few choice things to say about the American Legion...