In the topsy-turvy world we live in, this otherwise unremarkable letter calling for respect for free speech, published in Harper’s and signed by 153 writers, etc., has set off a nasty firestorm of statist-left criticism. It seems that some people are so insecure about what they think and who they are that they cannot tolerate a world in which others are free to say and write what they like. The hell with that. I’ll take John Stuart Mill.
The Navy Adrift [Again]: Failure Cascades in the DDG(X)
Another incipient program doomed to failure, cost ballooning, massive incompetence and buyer's remorse. The program should be stopped immediately and every flag officer currently serving fired, the Department of the Navy SES structure gutted and cashiered and blow the...