A Review of Balaji S. Srinivasan’s “How to Start a New Country” Dr. Balaji S. Srinivasan has a crazy idea. He thinks that in the future, tech-savvy people will leverage the power of cryptocurrency and remote work to vote with their feet and create networked states — communities of shared…

A new report shows that Specialist Vanessa Guillen was a victim of a flawed system. Here’s what you need to know about how the Army failed her, what they’re doing about it, and what comes next: The report confirms that Specialist Guillen’s disappearance was not properly investigated — and neither were many others.

Hello, again. Last time, I addressed my message to my fellow field grade officers and all senior staff non-commissioned officers out there on social media. Today, I am writing to the Generals and Admirals of all services on social media (and off) and to their Senior Enlisted Advisors, with an…

Hello, fellow field grade officers and all you senior staff non-commissioned officers out there. Generals and Admirals, Captains and Colonels, I hope you’re reading as well, along with your Sergeants Major, Chief Master Sergeants, and Command Master Chiefs. It was a Friday, and being my 8th day of quarantine after…

6–12 July — Dropped my car off at the port in Charleston to get shipped over to Hawaii on Monday, then got mostly packed up before Happy Hour, which was good, because I went drinking with Joe, Jerry, and the girls. …

22–28 June — So, halfway into the week before I start writing — fortunately, this week my writing consisted not merely of this journal, but of a complete short story that quite literally landed in my lap. A mere 500 words or so, but I believe it will stand the test of time…

25 May–21 June — So, dear readers, this is what happens if you allow yourself to skip a day, a week of journal updates… You end up at 4 am nearly a month later compiling an omnibus edition and telling yourself that you really MUST do better. The first thing I’ve noticed is that…

18–24 May — Dropped Zoe off at the airport for an early morning flight, and then headed up to work, listening to another great podcast by Tim Ferriss, where he was interviewing Rick Rubin, one of this era’s greatest music producers. Best quote of the show was this one: The best art divides…

11–17 May — Spent a frenetic morning doing all the things I could have done earlier, but thank the Goddess for the last minute, or things would never get done. Washed some laundry, packed for my week-long conference in Fort Walton Beach, jotted off a couple of notes at work, tidied the office…