Outside the Beltway

Balancing Civility and Honesty in Online Debate

· Wednesday, September 14, 2011 · 25 comments

Is there a trade-off in being polite?

Media Ignorance: Dog Bites Man

· Tuesday, August 16, 2011 · 17 comments

Political journalists are asking clumsy, ignorant, and intolerant questions. Film at 11.

Terry Jones and What We’re Fighting For

· Tuesday, April 5, 2011 · 42 comments

The duty to defend “hateful, extremely disrespectful, and enormously intolerant” expression.

War! Huh Good God Y’all

· Monday, March 21, 2011 · 14 comments

Is Libya a war? Hell yes, Libya is a war.

Civil-Military Relations and Partisanship

· Friday, September 24, 2010 · 6 comments

Many commenters on civil-military relations change their tune according to whose ox is gored.

Geography and the American Military

· Thursday, August 26, 2010 · 38 comments

The Army and its officer corps are becoming increasingly Southern and rural. Is this a bad thing? If so, what can we do about it?

Another Observation about the Flotilla

· Tuesday, June 1, 2010 · 3 comments

Drone Strikes and Civilian Casualties: Only One Statistic Matters

· Saturday, May 29, 2010 · 10 comments

Obama Lowering Afghanistan Ambitions?

· Wednesday, September 23, 2009 · 2 comments

Debating Afghanistan

· Monday, September 21, 2009 · 10 comments

NYT and the Farrell Rescue

· Tuesday, September 15, 2009 · 2 comments

Martini and Steak

· Monday, August 3, 2009 · 5 comments

Quote of the Day – COIN Edition

· Friday, July 24, 2009 · No comments

Abu Muqawama Moves to CNAS

· Friday, June 5, 2009 · No comments

Obama Cairo Speech Bigger Here than There?

· Friday, June 5, 2009 · 4 comments

Martinis and Breasts

· Monday, April 27, 2009 · 8 comments

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