And so as the war digs-in in Afghanistan (and Iraq, not to mention Pakistan) it should be no surprise that more and more articles are appearing that revisit our adventure in Vietnam, discussing how there are lessons to be learned so that now we might win a similar war. Some articles (one by John Kerry) [...]

History deals rudely with the pretensions of those who presume to determine its course. In an American context, this describes the fate of those falling prey to the Wilsonian Conceit. Yet the damage done by that conceit outlives its perpetrators. From time to time, in some moment of peril or anxiety, a statesman appears on [...]

Funny how history keeps repeating herself. Afghanistan. Who would’ve thought this President, after all his campaign talk about pulling troops out of the Middle East, would end up pulling a Lyndon Johnson. I’m old enough now (60, not bad) to see it all happening again. Exactly the same story. Exactly. Massive corruption in a country [...]