Trying to keep the lies straight
It ain’t easy. Although there’s hardly any need to do it when you’ve got the MSM is on your side.
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More Carter redux?
[Hat tip: commenter “Teri Pittman.”] I have no idea whether the facts as related in this Reuter’s article are true. I’m a bit suspicious because (1) there have been so many different sources on the embassy story, each with a … Continue reading →
War ballets
This article about US Marine and Iraq war veteran and ballet dancer Roman Baca, who has choreographed ballets based on themes connected with the war, its veterans, and their families, reminds me of the fact that although there have been … Continue reading →
Religious exemptions: from Obamacare and more
There’s been an email going around alleging that Muslims will be exempt from the Obamacare tax/mandate. It’s not true, at least at the moment, but it stands a remote possibility of becoming true. The facts are here and here, and … Continue reading →
Forty years later: Kim Phuc, the girl in the photo
It’s been forty years since this photo shocked Americans: Do you know the story behind the photo? I tell it in this article at PJ. Some of what you read may surprise you. [NOTE: I’ve written about the photo before, … Continue reading →
The Khalid Sheikh Mohammed trial: starting over
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, mastermind of 9/11, is now on trial along with four accomplices. And it’s in a military court rather than the civilian courts the Obama administration would have preferred. Thank goodness. One of the worst excesses of the … Continue reading →
Taps for the greatest generation
Today is the 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor Day. I reposted something I wrote a few years ago in honor of the occasion, but I have a few more thoughts to add. Seventy years is a long time, but not … Continue reading →
Justin Timberlake…
…writes movingly about his evening at the Marine Corps Ball. Yes, Justin Timberlake. (And I bet he can pronounce “Corps” correctly, too.)
Continue reading →Fighter pilots are made of different stuff…
…than you or I. Unless you happen to be a fighter pilot. Case in point: Heather Penney, one of the fighter pilots who scrambled on 9/11. The entire interview is of interest, but it really gets going around minute 21:00. … Continue reading →
Bad news: helicopter shot down in Afghanistan, SEALs on it
A helicopter carrying 31 Americans, including 22 Navy SEALS, was shot down while on a mission in Afghanistan to rescue other US forces engaged in a firefight. The SEALS are reported to have belonged to the same unit as the … Continue reading →
The raid that got Osama
It’s the sort of article the New Yorker often does well—a detailed description of something. In this case, the “something” is the planning and execution of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. There are few surprises there, but one … Continue reading →
The making of a SEAL
SEAL reservist Eric Greitens on SEAL training: What kind of man makes it through Hell Week?… Some men who seemed impossibly weak at the beginning of SEAL training””men who puked on runs and had trouble with pull-ups””made it. Some men … Continue reading →