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I occasionally encounter posts like this on various blogs. They always give me a sense of loss.
From Abu Muqawama, November 23:
Allow me to re-introduce myself: My name is Andrew Exum, and I have edited and authored the “Abu Muqawama” blog since...
In the past couple of days I’ve searched the blogosphere for comment on Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision to try KSM and four other defendants in federal court. As far as I can judge, opinion concerning this decision is largely — one might...
A general advocates for social utilities. In Federal Times, Nov. 20, 2009
Why I Tweet
By Gen. Craig McKinley
Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley is chief of the National Guard Bureau. He can be followed on http://twitter.com/chiefngb
The impact of social...
Last evening I saw “Theater of War” at the U.S. Army War College, a selection of readings from two plays by Sophocles: Ajax and Philoctetes. Directed by Bryan Doerries and supported by an array of actors, it illustrates how (to quote the flyer)...
Reprinted with permission of World War II Magazine
It is April 12, 1945. The defeat of Hitler’s Third Reich is assured. The Soviet army is barely 30 miles from Berlin, the British have surrounded a German army group in the Netherlands, and the...