New college grads continue to earn less each year

Reusable grocery bags and E. coli infections

John Brennan is terrifying, but only a part of Obama’s consolidation of power

America is cramped by its defensiveness

It’s About Time That an Enlisted Man Ran the Military.

By Karl Marlantes, in The New Republic.

And Galrahn with an excellent response to the Hagel pick. This is spot on if a little too optimistic about serious discussion in political discourse. 

Before I forget them, I want to gather together the best articles I’ve read on strategy, tactics, and war. If you want to understand why the U.S. keeps winning battles yet losing wars, here’s a good starting point:

• Orange Jihad Attacks! - Carl Prine, Line of Departure, 2012.   A vivid primer on how impossible it is for a modern army to combat an under-supplied, ‘weak’, indigenous insurgency. (Please forgive the formatting, Google Cache is the only place I could find it anymore.)
• On War, Carl von Clausewitz, 1832.   The definitive source on strategy. Long, but well written and not at all outdated. Unfortunately.
• The Jedi Way of War, Capt. (?) Jon Jeckell, 2012.   An great, entertaining read on strategy within the Star Wars universe, and why the rebels might actually have been the bad guys.
• Strategy, Power, and Diffusion, Mark Sanfranski, 2012.   Great insight into how “if you fight the poor, you become the poor”.
• The Immune Group: Holding Military Leaders Accountable for Iraq, Eric and Michael Cummings, 2012.    Like the saying goes, “a soldier who loses his rifle is more likely to be held accountable than a general who loses a war.” See also: Ricks, Tom.