I love living in Utah, but sometimes I don’t feel very Utahn. As laws prohibiting same sex marriage fail to pass Constitutional muster in various federal courts across the nation, my adopted state has vowed to fight the good fight for its version—to the tune of millions spent on lawyers arguing that current Utah law … [Read more…]
I’ll admit that all the media coverage of former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates’ new book, “Duty,” is tempting. There he is, complete with post-retirement cervical collar, promoting (and defending) his book’s evidently withering critique of Obama administration policy in Afghanistan and elsewhere. Even harder is resisting the urge to devour all the analysis … [Read more…]
So the chattering classes of defense “experts” are lining up to defend the cuts to military pensions made in the recently passed NDAA. I get a news compilation via daily email of what we used to call the “Early Bird,” a listing of top defense-related news stories from around the world. In the past week, … [Read more…]
Dana Milbank’s recent opinion piece in the Washington Post received some national attention the last week or so. His argument is that universal military service might be the silver bullet we need to fix the dysfunction in Washington. The percentage of members of Congress with military service has declined steadily since a high of 77% … [Read more…]
Some thoughts on President Obama Purging All Those Generals! Maybe it’s the company I keep, but I see this story pop up over and over again on FB and elsewhere. It’s like Groundhog Day for nonsense. The gist of the story is that President Obama is purging the military of senior officers who disagree with … [Read more…]