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Fools and Fanatics and Bull Feather Merchants 9 Jan 2012 | 06:40 pm
by Jeff Huber “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves…” -- Bertrand Russell Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Victori...
Wars of Diminishing Returns 4 Jan 2012 | 12:13 am
by Jeff Huber “We are engaged in a long war…” – Newt Gingrich “No nation ever profited from a long war” – Sun Tzu We continue to hurtle further down the slope that leads to the edge of the same cli...
Pentagon Propaganda Programmers Pardoned; Pro-War News at Eleven 28 Dec 2011 | 04:59 am
by Jeff Huber The man who was perhaps the last of the true investigative reporters on the Pentarchy beat may have just taken a swan dive into the canvas. Look at those yo-yos. That's the way you do ...
Moving to Wednesdays 27 Dec 2011 | 04:47 am
I completed the first draft of Sandbox Generals on 21 December. Now it's time to take an operational pause for the cause and wait for a better sun angle before I re-attack and revise. In the meantim...
Newt the Impaler 20 Dec 2011 | 02:12 pm
By Jeff Huber Newt circa 1465. President Newt Gingrich (shudder) is likely to have a foreign policy as draconian as his domestic policies were during his reign of terror as House Speaker. Newt’s co...
Dumb, Dumber and Doonesbury 13 Dec 2011 | 04:56 am
by Jeff Huber I’ve been mourning the lamentable state of the anti-war movement lately, especially the portion of it populated by the political left, a great percentage of whom appear to be more conce...
Open Letter to Gary Trudeau 8 Dec 2011 | 02:11 pm
7 Dec. 2011 What a crushing disappointment to see in your 7 Dec. strip that you too have chugged the propaganda that blames Iran for our failures in Iraq. The recent IAEA report was the latest piece...
All Aboard for Zombieland! 6 Dec 2011 | 03:03 pm
by Jeff Huber Elder Lady, a long-time friend of Pen and Sword and a keen observer of the sorry scene playing out across our country and the world, recently shared this quote from British author John ...
Fog and Friction are Stranger than Fiction 29 Nov 2011 | 03:41 am
That unnamed "senior Pantagon official" you're heard so much from. by Jeff Huber I took a long enough oxygen break from the novel project (Sandbox Generals) this week to catch a whiff of the story a...
Holiday Haitus Humbuggery and Book Leave 22 Nov 2011 | 01:21 am
By Jeff Huber I’ll be putting the column on the back burner for the rest of the year in hopes of completing the first draft of Sandbox Generals by Baby Jeebus Day. In lieu of an actual essay that re...
