Reading:

A just war unjustly disowned

Matt Gobush on the moral tragedy of doing nothing.

How Clausewitz became a great strategic thinker

Vanya Eftimova Bellinger explains:

  1. The French Revolution
  2. Mentorship
  3. A good partner
  4. Experience
  5. Time (for ideas to mature).

Will More: A student’s perspective

The sadness I feel now as I write this is that he won’t get to see the ways he changed and is changing the discipline. He won’t get to see how his intellectual offspring flourish. I’m sad that he won’t continue to make us all a little better. He’s right about a lot of things, including how this world treats anyone who isn’t typical.

Huge loss for the discipline.

Listening

Lolo Jones on ESPN

“The Libertarian” with Richard A. Epstein

Epstein talks about the recent strikes and U.S. foreign policy.