The Department of War Is Back — And About Time

I entered the Army in July of 1993, before President Clinton’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” experiment. Back then, the military was still primarily about blowing holes in things, breaking enemy armies, and defending the Republic. Then slowly, like a frog in a pot, the Pentagon began feeding the social science laboratory every “good idea” — except the good ideas about how to win wars.

Hostages Have Value!

After over five years held as prisoner by Hamas, Israel Defense Force soldier Gilad Shalit reunites with his father. (Photo by Ori Shifrin / IDF Spokesperson’s Unit)One thing is clear: Israel has defeated, destroyed, demolished Hamas in every way but one: Hamas still has the hostages. Hamas says it has agreed to parts of the …

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Pete Hegseth’s Wrecking Ball to the U.S. Military — and Why It’s Exactly What We Need

This week, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth did something extraordinary: he swung a wrecking ball into the bloated bureaucracy and reminded 800 generals that their job is not to manage feelings — it’s to win wars.

The Symbolism of 9/11, Part 1: The Long Arc of a Nation’s Fall

From a purely tactical standpoint, the September 11th attacks were devastating. But from a psychological warfare perspective, they were almost surgical in their symbolism. Striking America’s tallest towers and its military headquarters was not just about destruction—it was about message.

How to Sell Ice to Eskimos (and Wars to Americans)

As an ORSA math geek, I was the Army’s personal calculator monkey. My job? Crunch the ROI on our advertising campaigns. Translation: I figured out if dropping $62+ million a year on slapping Army logos onto NASCAR stock cars was actually convincing anyone to trade their Budweiser for a Beretta.

The State Department. It Needs Reform…Badly.

  Marco Rubio is working to make the State Department bureaucracy focused on serving American interests, not staffers looking at their DEI assignment/promotion. Sheriff murdered. Innocent women and children blown to bits! We’ve got to protect our phony-baloney jobs. We must do something about this immediately, immediately, immediately! Governor William J. Lepetomane (Mel Brooks), Blazzing …

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