Category Archives: History

Climate Change

No, The New Republic, it’s not this generation’s Vietnam War.

Space Force HQ

Greg Abbott wants it in Houston.

Of course he does. Let’s put the HQ of one of the services in a place that gets slammed by hurricanes and floods on a semi-regular basis.

Vandenberg would be a good location, other than earthquakes, but Colorado Springs, the current home of Space Command, is probably best, both in terms of centrality and low risk of natural disasters (other than fire). It could even share the service academy with the Air Force.

Venezuela

The collapse is near.

Via Stephen Green, who writes: “We’re watching the last chapter of Atlas Shrugged play out in Venezuela in realtime.”

Yes, it was supposed to be a cautionary tale, not a how-to manual.

[Update a few minutes later]

Aaaaand the water plants have shut down.

[Update mid-afternoon]

Trump’s biggest challenge: Educating the kids on socialism. We shouldn’t have to do this, but the schools clearly haven’t. And unfortunately, that’s no accident.