Summary:Â The debate about the right to bear arms is a black comedy. It takes place amidst casualties like that of a war, the names of the annual crop of the dead endlessly scrolling by into the dustbin of history. The guns supposedly defending our liberty remain quiet while we throw away our rights. The …
The Founders talk to us about guns for a well-regulated militia Read More »
Summary: Today we review a book that held special appeal to the Marine Special Operations Command’s (MarSoc’s) Foreign Military Training Unit (FMTU) because the it tells of a covert expedition — what today we’d call unconventional warfare. Nothing is truly new in war, as this was the Marine Corps expedition to the shores of Tripoli …
The Rough Math of Surrogate Warfare, today as it was in 1805 Read More »
Summary: The early days were perilous for the Republic. The founders flirted with military coup and tyranny. Here Jefferson tells about one such moment of weakness. Today we’re experiencing another. But we can, as they did in 1776 and 1781, prevent America from into tyranny. Please read this prescient warning in Notes on the State of Virginia by Thomas Jefferson (1781; text here). …
Summary: The Founders created the United States as a gamble, a bet on hope rather than history. They warned us about the events we see today. If we listen, we can prevent America from mutating beyond recognition. Please read this prescient warning in Notes on the State of Virginia by Thomas Jefferson (1781; text here). He feared an …
Thomas Jefferson saw our present peril. We should heed his warning. Read More »
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