Keith Johnson
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Energy, geopolitics, geoeconomics, trade, seapower, for Foreign Policy. There's a little kicking.
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i had a tooth took out a year or so ago and it was so very bad the dentist and her helpers said, Good lord, you are the sorriest patient we ever had. Sorry to let you down.
January 5, 2026 at 9:58 PM
i had a tooth took out a year or so ago and it was so very bad the dentist and her helpers said, Good lord, you are the sorriest patient we ever had. Sorry to let you down.
Why does Miller, an alleged American, have so very much trouble with English, always, and why does he know so little about history?
January 5, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Why does Miller, an alleged American, have so very much trouble with English, always, and why does he know so little about history?
Well, see, you may have a point to a degree. I don't think he downplayed the cause and courses of slavery so much as he over-emphasized the romantic crap -- JD's two inaugurals, the western tour, his eye -- but he was unsparing on CSA failures and gave Grant (and Sherman) his due, which many don't.
December 31, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Well, see, you may have a point to a degree. I don't think he downplayed the cause and courses of slavery so much as he over-emphasized the romantic crap -- JD's two inaugurals, the western tour, his eye -- but he was unsparing on CSA failures and gave Grant (and Sherman) his due, which many don't.
Well, now hang on there, Liam.
I read all three of them three times over.
Shelby's not so bad, at all. A bit maybe apologetic, at times, and in places, for a cause that doesn't much have of a defense. OK.
By and large, a great addition to CW libraries.
I put him right next to Savage War.
I read all three of them three times over.
Shelby's not so bad, at all. A bit maybe apologetic, at times, and in places, for a cause that doesn't much have of a defense. OK.
By and large, a great addition to CW libraries.
I put him right next to Savage War.
December 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Well, now hang on there, Liam.
I read all three of them three times over.
Shelby's not so bad, at all. A bit maybe apologetic, at times, and in places, for a cause that doesn't much have of a defense. OK.
By and large, a great addition to CW libraries.
I put him right next to Savage War.
I read all three of them three times over.
Shelby's not so bad, at all. A bit maybe apologetic, at times, and in places, for a cause that doesn't much have of a defense. OK.
By and large, a great addition to CW libraries.
I put him right next to Savage War.
London Fields, Martin Amis:
December 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
London Fields, Martin Amis:
Meh, having had shingles, five Covids, 13 broken bones, and now what seems to be an ACL/MCL tear, I've seen worse. But I hear the Commanders are looking for a new QB. I just need a left tackle. Seriously.
December 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Meh, having had shingles, five Covids, 13 broken bones, and now what seems to be an ACL/MCL tear, I've seen worse. But I hear the Commanders are looking for a new QB. I just need a left tackle. Seriously.
The Malvinas might be, but the Belgrano isn't.
December 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The Malvinas might be, but the Belgrano isn't.
continuous, followed by lawlessness, would be a whole lot of -esses. Continued might but just be passable. Or constant. That's solid. The bigger q is what they are on about, not the word choice, i figure.
November 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
continuous, followed by lawlessness, would be a whole lot of -esses. Continued might but just be passable. Or constant. That's solid. The bigger q is what they are on about, not the word choice, i figure.
i wrote the damn dek. neither of those work. "Continuous"? I should, perhaps, have just reprised R.E.M.
November 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
i wrote the damn dek. neither of those work. "Continuous"? I should, perhaps, have just reprised R.E.M.
Sevilla, just after the war, one a title with a Stuka offense. Five forwards. Beats watching Italy.
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November 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Sevilla, just after the war, one a title with a Stuka offense. Five forwards. Beats watching Italy.
sevillafc.es/el-club/hist...
sevillafc.es/el-club/hist...
It might even be a W-M. modified, of course.
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November 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
It might even be a W-M. modified, of course.
www.amazon.com/Inverting-Py...
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Bari Weiss is the Moltke the Younger of the news business.
November 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Bari Weiss is the Moltke the Younger of the news business.
There's people know what I am talking about. I mean hard shells that are half broken. I mean awful lettuce, and crappy cheese, and a pico de gallo that would make Chipotle close for the day. And Mrs. Renfro sauces that will literally hospitalize you. That is taco night. And it is glorious. (But $$)
November 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
There's people know what I am talking about. I mean hard shells that are half broken. I mean awful lettuce, and crappy cheese, and a pico de gallo that would make Chipotle close for the day. And Mrs. Renfro sauces that will literally hospitalize you. That is taco night. And it is glorious. (But $$)
He loves to find a way to cancel plans.
November 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
He loves to find a way to cancel plans.
Don't ever talk to me about baserunning mistakes that scar your soul. I lived Game 7 of the 1991 Series, and I curse Lonnie Smith to this day. (Sorry, Lonnie.)
November 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Don't ever talk to me about baserunning mistakes that scar your soul. I lived Game 7 of the 1991 Series, and I curse Lonnie Smith to this day. (Sorry, Lonnie.)