The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

‘Man Was Born Free, And He Is Everywhere In Chains. . .’

by Smitty “. . .especially where the ideas of Rousseau are linked,” to paraphrase ol’ Jean Jacques. If Kabul was a movie, it would be Groundhog Day. I can’t lay any claim to the big picture, but I hope all the blood and treasure invested here amounts to something. The tempermental WiFi service was OK […]

A Thought Concerning The False Lefty Propaganda

by Smitty Lefty commenters were boring in their predictable attempt to manage the dots in the Arizona shooting and connect them in politically convenient ways. Instead of getting all bent out of shape, the way the Usual Suspects want you to, instead, consider offering detailed, sincere forgiveness. We should both pray for recovery for the […]

In Which No Less Than Peggy Noonan Wrings A Confession From Me

by Smitty While not having time to write much of anything, I am driven to confess: I have sinned and fallen short of the glory of Peggy Noonan. True, I was never a Commanding Officer like Captain Honors, but, nevertheless, if I am to be shriven of sins and become a whole citizen in her […]

‘When You Remove A Cancer, What Do You Replace It With?’

by Smitty That was Thomas Sowell’s answer to Peter Schiff Robinson [oops!], in response to the demand for a follow-on to the Federal Reserve. If you’ve read End The Fed, and you should, you’ll enjoy hearing Prof. Sowell, an academic actually worthy of your respect, state simply that the Federal Reserve simply ain’t packin’ the […]

That Was Crazier Than A Stacy McCain Road Trip

by Smitty I got no business being online, having arisen yesterday morning around 0800. Got all the duffel bags loaded into the truck (old school working party-style) around 1300 Christmas Eve and bussed over to the Air Force Base in Kuwait. Another working party unloaded truck, and whisked the duffel bags onto three pallets for […]

Pearl Harbor Day Reflection

by Smitty COLUMBIA, SC, CAMP MCREADY– At roughly the halfway point of my Abbreviated Introduction to the Army course, along comes the Day That Will Live in Infamy. While in Hawaii in July 2010, my wife and I made some time to get down to Ford Island with the then-brand-new camcorder. One profound aspect of […]

FMJRA Dénouement: Forsythia, Marigolds, Jasmine, Roses to All

by Smitty Thank you for the outpouring of well-wishing concerning the deployment. My mother called, and broke down at the sight of the volume and character of the well-wishings from the dextrosphere. If my departure was not the most-linked post in the blog’s history, it was easily Top 5: Cogadh No Sìth Common Sense Political […]

Cogadh No Sìth

by Smitty Stacy has greased the skids here, but there will be a hiatus in regular blogging activity for the Smitty portion of this blog duo at the close of this post. I hold orders to activate in mid-November and report to Kabul, Afghanistan in time for Christmas. Bandwidth, and latitude for skylarking online will […]

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