What if history isn't repeating itself?

No Fireworks on the Fourth of July

Open Letter to our Would-Be Commanders-in-Chief

Nuclear power is the future (for now)
I’ve recently taken to reading David Frum’s blog, simply because I’ve been looking for places to read serious conservative thought which doesn’t involve screaming or insane comparisons of health care reform to Nazi death camps.  My old conservative magazine of choice, National Review, has been overtaken by the ideologues, I fear, and Bill Buckley is dead.  The Weekly Standard is not a serious choice, either.  Frum, on the other hand, seems willing to acknowledge the fact that good government sometimes means bending on one’s principles, since there is no “one size fits all” set of ideas.  I’m also wil

New chairs
I know I haven’t blogged in a while, but I thought I’d share this little tidbit of information with you all.  There has been a lot of discussion about excess government spending, but despite efforts by our President and Secretary of Defense, the universal culture of fraud, waste, and abuse in the Department of Defense continues unabated.   A few months ago our unit needed to fund a trip to another island to conduct a mandatory inspection.  It wasn’t an optional thing – it was required by Air Force Instruction.  The whole trip cost roughly $2,500, but there were still other places we needed to go.&nbs