War as a Racket, and Why General Odierno Was Right

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For a brief period of time, I had the honor of serving under General Raymond T. Odierno in Iraq. He was, without question, one of the finest officers I ever worked for—sharp, grounded, and with a great sense of humor that managed to shine through even in the worst of times.

America’s New Warfighting Military: Old Blood and Guts Would Be Proud

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Late last month, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told an unprecedented gathering of generals, admirals, commanders, and senior NCOs that from this moment on, the only mission of the newly named Department of War is this: “warfighting, preparing for war, and preparing to win, [and being] unrelenting and uncompromising in that pursuit.”

Political Violence

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Jay Jones, the Virginia Democrat candidate for Attorney General texted about shooting a Republican, Todd Gilbert, and his wife and children to death. Murdering a family for the parents’ politics. Democrats defend those words as just a bad joke or try to establish moral equivalence with their Trump outrage de jour.

The Civil War: When “United” Started Meaning “Centralized”

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History, they say, is written by the victors—and edited by their public-school textbook committees. So let’s talk about the War of Northern Aggression (as my Southern friends call it) or, as the winners prefer, the “Civil War.” Either way, it’s when Uncle Sam went from lean constitutional minimalist to big-boned bureaucratic overlord.