Truth is the First Casualty of…Unchecked Power
Three years after the US’s catastrophic run from Afghanistan, most Americans have no clue what happened. No one has stood up and taken responsibility. Five years after the killings that triggered Black Lives Matter (BLM) most Americans do not really…
Part 1-Citizen Resiliency in a Republic
Truth Is the First Casualty in War “God is not averse to deceit in a just cause.” Aeschylus “Truth is not the first casualty of war alone: it is the first casualty of populism “ Theodore Dalrymple “Truth is…
The Bureaucratization of the Military, Part 2: The Nutcracker
This piece builds on Part 1 of the series. It morphs the balancing scale in Part 1 into a nutcracker based on the increasing Societal Imperative pressures and complex security environment that place a premium on the Functional Imperative.…
