Putting the "Con" in Contrite

Kevin at The American Street was kind enough to invite me to cross post at his group blog, so I’ll be posting on Tuesdays. Check it out! political, political cartoons, cartoons, satire, Bush, Mission Accomplished,...

Ramadi lessens odds of strike against Iran

This current rotation of forces into CENTCOM had pushed fifteen US combat brigades into Iraq, while keeping a brigade in Kuwait. That brigade has functioned as an oncall theatre reserve while also lowering the impact of its deployment and thus increasing future availability by staying in a non-combat zone...

We’re All Criminals Now

What do Dubya and Hillary have in common? They’re both music pirates. This just goes to show the absurd lengths to which the music industry has gone in its attack on the concept of “fair use” and its ceaseless efforts to pilfer from music...

Oil chokepoint politics in Iraq

Oil infrastructure is long, linear, and fragile as hell. A single attack against a key node in the distribution and production system can knock the system out. We have seen that repeatedly in the mixed Sunni-Kurdish areas as the Sunni insurgents have knocked out the ability to export oil from Kirkuk and...

Le Migre

I typically try and stay away from immigration politics. Much like the Israeli/Palestinian debate, I know embarassing little, and people get pretty fired up over the subject. As a result, I typically keep a pretty hands off issue. Unfortunately, you just can’t escape the issue, and now that the...