There is a book that I have returned to over and over again, for years. It fascinates me, because it exposes a lot of philosophical problems that I had never considered.
There is a book that I have returned to over and over again, for years. It fascinates me, because it exposes a lot of philosophical problems that I had never considered.
In 2016 I wrote a piece here that partially touched on the matter of range in warfare. [stderr]
This is from Jeffrey St Clair’s “Roaming Charges” column over at Counterpunch [cp]
It seems to me that, now that we are building a better idea of the effects of inheritance on a person, that humanity needs to somewhat re-assess how we treat offspring, in both positive and negative manner.
I have mentioned it before: I’ve been a wargamer for about 45 years. From my perspective, the hogh point of that was when I used to bicycle down to Read St, home of Avalon Hill games, and playtest Squad Leader, which I still regard as the best regiment-level tactical game ever made.
Monday, I drove down to Baltimore to disassemble and re-wire my parents’ entertainment system. I swapped out a first-generation DVD player for a new little Sony blu-ray player with an HDMI connector, and that made the remaining problem one of plugging a couple of wires into the back of the flat panel. I was supposed to get there around lunchtime but I was an hour late because of America.
[Content Warning: War, Death]
This is not organized.
[Content Warning: War, Terror]