Thursday, May 31, 2007

Incredible

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opinionjournal.com/federation/feature/?id=110010139
Sunday, May 27, 2007

Daughter getting ready to go to Japan

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My daughter is about to leave for Japan for a Month. Here's wishing her love and Godspeed and a safe journey.
Saturday, May 26, 2007

Golden age for tabletop troops

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When I first started in the hobby wargaming meant playing with cardboard chits ("counters") on a hex-based map. If you wanted to ...
Sunday, May 20, 2007

Protests planned during Bush visit to Coast Guard Academy

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One of the local papers reports that the Secret Service wants to move antiwar protesters from the street in front of the Coast Guard Academ...

Game of the Week: Senet

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It's impossible to know when the first boardgame came to be, but the most ancient one we have evidence for is the game known now as Sen...
Saturday, May 19, 2007

Good ideas don't need lies to win support

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Here's an interesting analysis that addresses how to spot a bad idea: http://d-squareddigest.blogspot.com/2004_05_23_d-squareddigest_arc...
Friday, May 18, 2007

More on sorry politics

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Some good commentary on the issue of American torture: http://www.belgraviadispatch.com/2007/05/post_84.html
Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Pitt, thy comment

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“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.” -- William Pitt, ...
Sunday, May 13, 2007

Coral Sea, Chancellorsville and The Wilderness

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One of my wargaming affectations is to try playing battles on or near their anniversary dates. Early May sees a few significant battle anni...

Fried Green Things

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My second-grader very badly wanted to play something before going to bed and suggested a game of The Awful Green Things From Outer Space (S...

On a lighter note

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Among the many pleasures of having my collegiate son visiting this weekend was to enjoy the company of a like-minded gamer. We had some fun ...
Sunday, April 29, 2007

Havoc - Napoleon's Battles

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One of the best things about going to Havoc is the chance to see old wargaming buddies. And boy, are we all getting rather old. I remember...
Saturday, April 28, 2007

Havoc - Moby Dick

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I had the chance to go to Havoc for a day, so I took it! Actually, it wasn't even an entire day, because I was too tired from working t...
Sunday, April 22, 2007

Games

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On a lighter note, I had a good time organizing a session of Star Munchkin this weekend. As much as I've enjoyed playing Munchkin-series...
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Media

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I'll start off by noting that the coverage of the Virginia Tech shooting has been excessive, in my opinion. I understand the imperatives...

Politics

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It's really, really early to talk about the next presidential race. Yet everyone is doing it. I think there's a real hunger for chan...

Chapter One - Prologue

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The urge to be heard has probably never had a more powerful tool than the Internet and blogs. I've tried being a diarist on occasiuon, b...