Category Archives: Military

What We Can Learn From the Military K-12 Educational System

Posted on December 13, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

Some readers might be surprised to learn that the U.S. military has its own educational K-12 system. So how does it perform? Better: …once again, schools on the nation’s military bases have outperformed public schools on both reading and math … Continue reading →

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Now the Military Knows How Scientists Feel

Posted on November 23, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

Apparently, the Pentagon isn’t happy with the spectre of arbitrary and mandatory cuts due to the ‘failure’ of the Poliburo Supercommittee (boldface mine): An 11 percent reduction is nonetheless a cut of $54 billion, which would have to be done … Continue reading →

Posted in Funding, Military | 5 Comments

Remembering

Posted on May 30, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

A view from Boston Common.
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Posted in Boston, Military

Bin Laden’s Death Could Affect Obama’s 2012 Chances-But in an Indirect Way

Posted on May 5, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

By itself, Bin Laden’s elimination will be a ‘bounce.’ But if Obama uses that bounce to limit the damage conservative policies of ‘austerity’ will do, he should win, barring pictures of him having sex with farm animals.
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Posted in Democrats, Economics, Hypotheses, Military

Bin Laden Is Dead: Now Do We Come Home?

Posted on May 2, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

Well, do we? Or will the war–actually wars–against Oceana continue?
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Posted in Afghanistan, Iraq, Military | 12 Comments

Some Civil War Blogging

Posted on April 14, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

Sadly, too many Americans are probably unaware that the anniversary surrender of the Confederate rebels at Appomattox happened a few days ago. I’ve found three posts I highly recommend.
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Posted in Military, Racism | 13 Comments