New York Times Cutting Staff Again

The nation’s newspaper of record is slashing its reporting team.

Do Women Make Better Military Helicopter Pilots?

One in ten Army helicopter pilot is a woman, yet men account for 97% of injuries in helicopter accidents.

Nate Silver Leaving New York Times For ESPN, ABC

Three years after joining The New York Times, Nate Silver is jumping ship to Disney’s ESPN and ABC.

Benghazi: Incompetence But No Cover-Up

Yesterday’s hearings shed more light while also raising yet more questions to which we’ll likely never get a satisfactory answer.

Air Force Chief of Staff’s Hilarious New Uniform

From the Department of What The Hell Were They Thinking, I present Air Force Chief of Staff Mark Welsh’s new ceremonial uniform:

USS Harvey Milk?

Should the United States Navy name a ship after martyred gay activist Harvey Milk? This is not a rhetorical question.

April 16, 2012: Witnesses prepare to testify before a House committee on General Services Administration spending. Being sworn in, from left, are: GSA Inspector General Brian Miller; former GSA Administrator Martha Johnson; Jeff Neely, former regional commissioner of the Public Buildings Service, Pacific Rim Region; GSA Chief of Staff Michael Robertson; and David Foley, deputy commissioner of the GSA Public Buildings Service. (AP) April 16, 2012: Witnesses prepare to testify before a House committee on General Services Administration spending. Being sworn in, from left, are: GSA Inspector General Brian Miller; former GSA Administrator Martha Johnson; Jeff Neely, former regional commissioner of the Public Buildings Service, Pacific Rim Region; GSA Chief of Staff Michael Robertson; and David Foley, deputy commissioner of the GSA Public Buildings Service. (AP)

Washington Spending in Perspective

What’s worse: Leon Panetta spending $860,000 in taxpayer money flying home? Or the GSA spending $823,000 on a conference?

Peaches Petraeus

Flashback: When David Petraeus was simply known as “Peaches” & was a member of the “French Club”

The Obama Doctrine: Humanitarian Imperialism

The “Obama Doctrine,” such as it is, seems to boil down to moral self-certainty combined with a glaring ignorance of reality. That’s a dangerous combination.

Why Police Dog Shootings Provoke Outrage

Americans get apoplectic at stories of police officers shooting people’s pets but seem unphased when they shoot innocent human beings.

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