My home state's looking to make sawing down someone else's trees a felony, punishable by one to five years in prison. I guess it's turning into a big problem in [...]

...or as we call it today - waterboarding. Here's the link. And here's an excerpt:I remember that the blindfold was heavy and completely covered my face. As the two men [...]

As I make my way through the blogosphere and try to whittle down the numerous areas and topics that I keep track of on a regular basis, one of the [...]

Essence of the story:There was ameeting last March between an Army team from Washington and VA officials at Fort Drum Army base in upstate New York. At that meeting, Army [...]

A Washington Post story has the scoop on how Bush could try and score political points in his State of the Union address by advocating "supporting the troops" in his [...]

I agree with Sen Levin, who said "that the U.S. troop buildup in Iraq has failed because it hasn't achieved its primary goal of sparking political reconciliation among that country's [...]

A couple of articles showing how the war is affecting the ability of the forces to stay ready to react to other crises around the world.A classified Pentagon assessment concludes [...]

I liked how Carpetbagger broke down the Bush Economic Record, as compared to the President's pronouncement at the CPAC Conference.Here's an example:* “[I]increased revenues from that growth have put us [...]

Nice intersection of two of my favorite topics - the overabundance of religion in the military and the religious right's demonization of Islam. The 3 gents are now born again [...]

Here's the link. And I should probably "conveniently" to that title. It's not usually the military behind these sorts of dirty tricks - or at least not JAGs. But I'm [...]