"No man is an island, entire of itself" said English poet John Donne, and in today's networked, interdependent world, that has never been truer. We are heading rapidly into an unstable, unprecedented, and unpredictable future; it pays to make as much sense out of recent developments as we can.   The Ides of March are come but not yet gone, as ...

Part 1 The American republic faces its greatest existential threat since its founding. We must see this threat for what it is, and then find ways to defeat it and preserve the nation our forefathers founded. For the moment, the levers of power in Washington are out of the hands of Constitutionally-motivated American patriots. The Judicial Branch is...

Much firearms training in the United States, including law enforcement and the military, misses the mark. It focuses too much on marksmanship and not on fighting with a gun. If you are seeking firearms training, you must be discerning in your choice. Let's start with some assumptions. A gun fight is combat; stopping your adversary means being willi...

The Political Right has so many self-inflicted constraints it can be surprising that it ever gets to wield or keep any power at all. The so-called leadership wants to be courted by the Washington media and dinner party circuit such that it will do anything to avoid their rejection. They think the game is still the same, where the old rules apply an...