Journal: ClimateGate Sarah Palin Special

Boycott Copenhagen (UK Replay of Washington Post Op-Ed) 9 Dec 09 Any deal at the Copenhagen climate summit will be more about politics than science. President Obama should stay away. Copenhagen’s Political Science Sarah Palin,  9 December 2009 In his inaugural address, President Obama declared his intention to “restore science to its rightful place.” But …

Worth a Look: Various Recommended Articles

Obama as LBJ: Domestic Politics, Escalation and the Descent Into Chaos There have been many comparisons of the Afghan escalation question to its equivalent question in Vietnam 45 years ago, but I think the most ominous similarity lies in the way each escalation debate devolved into intellectual incoherence and confusion, mutating into an exhausted disorder, …

Journal: Russian SU-30 Short Movie

SU-30 Vectored Thrust with Canards… As you watch this airplane, look at the canards moving along  side of, and just below the canopy rail.   The “canards” are the small wings forward of the main wings?  The smoke and contrails provide a sense of the actual flight path, sometimes in reverse direction.  This video is of an in-flight demonstration flown by the Russian’s 30MK  …

Review: Cash on Delivery–CIA Special Operations During the Secret War in Laos

The Real Deal–Gripping Details & Lessons Learned & Lost November 21, 2009 Thomas Leo Briggs I served with the author in the clandestine service, saw the galley of this book in its early form, and was delighted when I received a copy of the finished book in the mail. This is an absorbing detailed reference …