God Bless Douglas Macgregor

This piece by @markperrydc clears up dark suspicions of Trump's house-cleaning at DOD as a way to defy the election outcom and explains that it's about policy changes the national security state has resisted--and why he needed Doug Macgregor to do it. https://t.co/MkjZ5ZoPYb

— Gareth Porter (@GarethPorter) November 12, 2020

I am very pleased @realDonaldTrump asked my friend Col. Doug Macgregor to help quickly end the war in Afghanistan. This and other picks for Pentagon are about getting the right people who will finally help him stop our endless wars.

— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) November 12, 2020

A Good Appointment

NEW @CurtMills: "If history is any guide, Trump’s latest dismissals are based principally in personal clashes, with perhaps a side of policy prerogative." Nonetheless, Macgregor is a good choice and favors full withdrawal from Afghanistan. https://t.co/Lnc5EaZN3o

— The American Conservative (@amconmag) November 11, 2020

Tell me why this Pentagon shake-up doesn't vindicate the view that Trump always had the right instincts on foreign policy and basically was frustrated by the blob and his accommodations with the Republican Party

— Arthur Bloom 🇺🇸 (@j_arthur_bloom) November 11, 2020

Wow, why didn't we get this guy on day one four years ago?! https://t.co/xCJxMgB3OW

— President-Elect Pedro L. Gonzalez (@emeriticus) November 11, 2020

Col. Douglas Macgregor Interview

Margin of Victory

NEW: TAC friend and mine, Doug Macgregor, tapped by Trump to be the next ambassador to Germany. My thoughts: https://t.co/ZVKXI06sgM@markperrydc @jimantle @JimBovard @GarethPorter @CurtMills

— Kelley B. Vlahos (@KelleyBVlahos) July 27, 2020

my report on Macgregor. https://t.co/TYR2aCL6G8

— curtmills (@CurtMills) July 27, 2020

Something for Memorial Day

AmConMag: Why Do We Fight? How Do We Fight? by Douglas Macgregor

The military spends billions on programs and missions that have no basis in reality. This is why we fail, again and again.

Items of Interest, 14 May 2012

Doug Macgregor explains how our military reached its current state, so only desperate reform can save us
Seven predictions about our future. Most are unusual. All are certain to happen (I think)

Thomas H. Naylor on Leviathan, Secession and Vermont's Small Nation Dream (original)


Why America is Doomed to One Disaster After Another

Michael Brendan Dougherty (Business Insider) and Daniel McCarthy (The American Conservative)


What are the Purposes of Foreign Policy

What Separation of Power? - nullification

American Burke by J. David Hoeveler
Irving Babbitt formulated conservatism for a world in whirl.

The Household Gods of Freedom

Christopher Lasch, Conservative?

Thomas Storck, The Contradictions of Liberals and Conservatives

Jack Donovan, Mocking the Vote

Charles Hugh Smith, Acknowledging the Arrival of Peak Government

Understanding the Economic Justice of Marriage

The Constitution Doesn't Settle the Marriage Debate

The President’s Still Contorted Position on Same-Sex Marriage by Carson Holloway

Hilton Kramer & the critical temper by Roger Kimball

Tomgram: Rebecca Solnit, American Dystopia, Fiction or Reality?

Economics and Energy:
What is Our Energy Future?

The Ten Cities Most Screwed by Peak Oil

Student Loans Weighing Down a Generation with Heavy Debt
The Ph.D. Now Comes With Food Stamps

Is It Possible To Build An Economy Without Jobs?

Wendell Berry on the Importance of Local, Sustainable Economies
Worth posting again.

Urban Design:
Won’t You Be My Neighbour?
Alexandra Singer on the future of urban planning

JHK on the CNU: Still Standing Amid the Wreckage




Catholic:
Remembering St. Josemaria Escriva
2012 Holds Multiple Anniversaries for Opus Dei
Preparing for June 26th (FB)
Video of May 5 Ordinations

Charity, War, and Peace in St. Thomas Aquinas by John Hittinger (pdf)

France celebrates Joan of Arc's 600th birthday

Filas 1: The Battle of the Sexes… can it be avoided? - soundcloud
Fr. Francis Filas, S.J.

Unlikely bedfellows (Jack Donovan and the pope)

No Doctrinal Obstacle for SSPX

English Is a Perfectly Fine Catholic Liturgical Language
My First Anglican Communion


I Can't Believe You Haven't Read KRISTIN LAVRANSDATTER

TAC: The 2012 Commencement Address of Mother Assumpta Long
College Awards its Highest Honor to Three Recipients
slideshow

When Catholics Were Cristeros

History:
Justinian’s reconquest of the West : ideology, warfare, religion, and politics in sixth-century Byzantium (PDF)

Interview with Dan Jones, author of The Plantagenets: The Kings Who Made England

Feminism:
A comment on "Reframing Christian Marriage"
The Ultimate Short Advice about Women
Suz says: About Submissive Women

Why Are Feminists Against the Male Pill

FDL Book Salon: The New Feminist Agenda

Why We Have Too Few Women Leaders
Is there anyone TED won't feature?

Food, Diet and Health:
Taco Salad w/ Avocado & Cilantro Dressing

Wake Up, Food Television Execs! So Says Chris Cosentino.

New Potential Dangers of Genetically Modified Foods Found


Anthony Bourdain on Vegans



Music:
Steep Canyon Rangers Bring the Bluegrass to Slim's on Friday, May 4th


First Listen: Hilary Hahn and Hauschka, 'Silfra'

Katie Melua: Back from the Brink


Misc:
New Fashion Wrinkle: Stylishly Hiding the Gun

Hot Shots Episode 8 Clip - Clint Upchurch 3-Gun Training


Blue Force Gear is Growing