What Can Space Do For You?

While space is described as the final frontier, it might turn out to be the final arbiter of global warming as it appears space data has blown a “gaping hole in global warming alarmism.”  How could space provide ground truth (so to speak)? NASA satellite data from the years 2000 through 2011 show the Earth’s [...]

An Argument For The Uninvention of NASA

An argument for uninventing NASA and government space in general comes from George Will, who himself is quoting "The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What’s Wrong with America" by Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch.  The quote below is regarding the broad topic of “existence bias,” the human predisposition to believe things will [...]

North Korea (and Global Zero fail) in a Box

You want the Global Zero fail in a box?  Read [Viewpoint] The North’s nuclear card After North Korea was devastated in the Korean War, it revived its economy in a relatively short period of time. A planned economy, a system in which the government controls all aspects of industry, was the best way to achieve [...]

China is why COIN is Toast

When USA Today runs a lengthy article about the growth of military power, ambition, and territorial bullying of China, you know one of three things has probably happened: 1) rogue reporter, or 2) editors asleep-at-the-wheel, or 3) they’re paying more attention to China.  As the Pentagon plans for U.S. forces to exit Iraq and Afghanistan, [...]

Nuclear Infinity Concept Grips Academia?

Well, nuclear infinity hasn’t really gripped academia.  Actually, it hasn’t really gripped anyone including government, think tanks, non-governmental organizations, or even the author of Nuclear Zero? Why Not Nuclear Infinity?, Matthew Kroenig.  So what is nuclear infinity, besides an impractical security solution?  It’s a prop. But it’s a prop with a purpose.  Nuclear infinity exists [...]

Does NASA Have A Chance?

Does NASA have a chance?  I’ll go out on a limb and offer this assessment: maybe trending towards no. Why so vague?  It all gets back to defining terms and in asking what does it mean to ask ‘does NASA have a chance?’ The key term to define is ‘a chance’ and as Milton Friedman [...]

Lawmaker Opposes Further U.S. Nuke Reductions

Practical Forest Gump-like advice on life itself includes this: when you’re in a hole, stop digging.  That’s where Representative Michael Turner seemed to be coming from in a recent speech, saying “As I look at the world we live in — where nuclear dangers from proliferation threats such as Iran and North Korea, the instability [...]

How Are George Lucas and Disney Alike?

Fritz Hollings was known as the Senator from Disney, probably due to his great love of Disney characters.  Certainly there’s no way any extralegal copyright extensions could be related to campaign contributions or the likes.  Recently, George Lucas found out he needs his own Fritz Hollings and that he needs him placed on the courts [...]

An Onion Article Inadvertently Appears In Foreign Policy?

The Foreign Policy article Is climate change the biggest national security challenge we are facing? was supposed to be posted at The Onion, right?  Right? Given this magazine cover circa 1979, Time flies, even at The Onion Foreign Policy. What can I say: Dr. Peter Venkman was a prophet.

Line of the Day

From Lt. Gen. James Kowalski, Commander of Global Strike Command via DoDBuzz.com: “Nuclear weapons are strategic weapons, they’re political weapons,” he said. “Majors and master sergeants talk about 2,000 pound bombs, senators and secretaries of defense talk about nuclear weapons.” It’s a great line, but is it true?  What gets rewarded is what gets done, [...]