No this is really how sloppily Gladwell thinks and writes. He's been doing it for decades. He seems like a smart contrarian till he writes about a topic you know, then you realize he's just a dumbass.

This parallels the “early 80s” party I went to as a college freshman in 1993, which was clearly just a few years ago.

Sunbelt schools have been successfully recruiting outside their region for like 20 years. Football, active Greek scene, mild winter, perhaps lower-pressure academics but you still get a job. They have curated and marketed a particular kind of college experience.

That attorney is no longer listed in the firm directory so may have become an AUSA very recently.

Username checks out.

There's a long tradition of traditionalists moving from Catholicism to Orthodoxy, often making some kind of joke like "The new pope translated me from Latin to Greek!" A fairly recent example is Rod Dreher.

Also what you would do in your first firefight is different from your third is different from your tenth.

A very low density game!

Number of enemy ships frigates size or larger engaged and sunk, though. Praying Mantis is the only time the USN has taken out an enemy warship.

I think real maneuverists would shout OODA OODA.

Operation Praying Mantis (1988) was the USN’s largest naval battle since WWII.

It's worse than that. Miller's claiming MN officials have told MN cops to "stand down" on immigration enforcement. So only ICE is enforcing the law. He's saying MN authorities are effectively in revolt--which justifies military occupation, insurrection act, etc. Very scary!

RSR is basically the NATO military leadership understanding the threat and going to war without the pesky civilian governments getting involved. Which honestly doesn't seem that bad now!