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  • The AI Alibi March 26, 2026
    There is no technology more perfectly suited to our age than artificial intelligence, because there is no age more desperate to avoid responsibility. That’s the whole romance. Not innovation. Not discovery. Not even profit, though God knows the usual ghouls will always show up with a trough and a pitch deck. The real seduction is […]
    Tammy Pondsmith
  • How I Stayed Grounded with 40 Years’ Experience in Civilian and Military Aviation March 26, 2026
    Just as a preface, this story has a point. Mainly that there are lessons I learned early in life that has stood me in good stead. Such as the need to be patient and calm when things are going sideways and also to keep my mouth shut unless I have something of real value to […]
    Dave Chamberlin
  • Attempting to Defy Gravity March 26, 2026
    In this article I am going to attempt to defy gravity. In order to do this though, I must first explain how I have come to this process. This morning, I was working out in my gym upstairs on the treadmill and considered getting back into free weights this year. I contemplated for a moment […]
    Robb Munger
  • Don’t Be Someone Else’s Useful Idiot March 25, 2026
    There’s a phrase that gets thrown around a lot in political and military circles, usually as an insult and rarely as a warning: useful idiot. Most people hear it and think it means “a stupid person.” It doesn’t. In fact, the most dangerous useful idiots are often intelligent, articulate, and convinced they’re on the moral […]
    Charles Faint
  • Drones, Strategy, and the Modern Airpower Revolution March 25, 2026
    By Darin Gaub The advent and trajectory of drone warfare reflect the evolution of manned aircraft in warfare since World War I. In the early twentieth century, airplanes transformed warfare. In the twenty-first century, drones are doing the same. My study, “The Children of Aphrodite,” published in 2011, argued that drones represent a technological shift […]
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