Eric M. Murphy

I’m led back to this: “Of all sins, the greatest is certainty.” And, for the record and to head off the inevitable cleverness from the peanut gallery, of this and other things I am not certain.

My small thought here, since so many others have made other large points: Can we all agree to use the casual othering of “they” with more care?

Senator Tillis appears to absolve himself of all responsibility for these outcomes, forgetting his votes and his failures to impose oversight. History will judge America, but it will absolutely judge Thom Tillis.

In this new epidode of The Strategy Bridge Podcast, @prbeckman.bsky.social talks with Kevin Benson about the origins of the School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) and the influence of its graduates on Operation Just Cause and Desert Storm. thestrategybridge.org/the-podcast

@prbeckman.bsky.social and Kevin Benson discuss the impact of SAMS: “And [JUST CAUSE] was the first real test of SAMS graduates. And folks kind of looking around going, wow, that was pretty good. Hey, maybe we can use some of these guys on our staff. Now, the next big test would be DESERT STORM.”

In the new @Strategy_Bridge podcast our host @prbeckman.bsky.social talks with Kevin Benson about his new book “Raising the Bar: The School of Advanced Military Studies and the Introduction of Operational Art into US Army Doctrine, 1983-1994.” thestrategybridge.org/the-podcast

William Schneider called this combination of past tense and passive voice the “past exonerative.” Who voted (or didn’t) to enable or limit ICE in these activities? Who executed effective oversight (or didn’t)?

Listen in as @prbeckman.bsky.social talks SAMS and operational art with Kevin Benson. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

@prbeckman.bsky.social is back with a new episode of The Strategy Bridge Podcast. Today, he’s talking with Kevin Benson about the origins of the School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) and the influence of its graduates on Operation Just Cause and Desert Storm. thestrategybridge.org/the-podcast

Perhaps astonishing that this is NOT the most pathological position I’ve heard from the senior levels of the USG just TODAY.

24 hours ago, I walked out of the last classroom I’ll occupy as a professor for the foreseeable future. Very grateful for the seconds, minutes, and hours I’ve been able to spend in a classroom since my first time in that role in 1994. As Farmer Hoggett once said, “That’ll do, pig. That’ll do.”

I’ve read this. If you’re even remotely inclined toward birds as lovely and interesting and a possible hobby (or obsession), you might want to read it, too.

Question: when can we start using “fin de siècle” to describe the end of the 20th century?

There is a thing about the military life, and the lives around it. When there are tragedies…we’re not there. The blame feels harder. What we “should” have done is easier to access…because we “should” have been there. Fucking heartbroken. Heart. Broken. Again. Fuck.

Amy Heckerling’s “Fast Times at Ridgemont High”

My suggestion? Don’t join them. This is self-serving snake-oil, with self-published nonsense in support.

“Never trust an observation unless it’s backed up by a theory.” —Neil deGrasse Tyson I keep trying to teach this idea, that the universe of observations and a causal logic matter more than the anecdotes we collect like Lenny thinking bunnies just, like, stop breathing.

Yes!!!

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Knowable & known problems w/well-defined requirements for decades prior to this imbroglio. The Army, Air Force, Navy, etc., could not at any point get out of their own way. I’ve said for years that we need our own Jena-Auerstedt. Maybe this is it, at lower cost than Prussia paid. Fools learning.

Other than “use the Oxford comma and two spaces after a period,” I have one piece of consistent advice: If you can, call your Dad. “There’s a train leaving nightly called when all is said and done. Keep me in your heart for a while.” m.youtube.com/watch?v=RMTK...

I’ve got $1 that says the admin does it anyway. The history here is one of general disregard for judicial orders.