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The Passing of the Armies
Can the U.S.
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"A Modest Proposal": Put South Park in Charge of NPR
Jonathan Swift, in his famously satirical 1729 essay “A Modest Proposal,” suggested the unthinkable to solve the intractable: Why not, with a straight…
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When the Goat and the Anchorman Met in the Civil War
Footnotes in History
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80 Years Ago This Summer, We Helped Ho Chi Minh
In courses I’ve taught at the undergraduate and graduate level, I’ve encouraged students to treat their research paper with the intent of expanding and…
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"What Comes Next"
(revised from earlier)
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Armed Guards on Ships in the Red Sea
The recent attack on the Eternity C that left crew members dead, kidnapped, or missing and the ship itself on the seafloor was more than another…
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A Riddle of Turandot: The US Opera Singer and the Imperial Chinese Navy Officer
Some ties in history are clear and complete; others are more tangential.
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(Inside) Inside the Wire
The People’s Liberation Army Navy doesn’t have to undermine us - we do that pretty well to each other.
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With All Due Respect to Mr. Jefferson...
A 4th of July Pondering
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June 2025

Maine’s Decline in Education and Demographics Impacts National Security
Education builds civilization.
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What Might Have Been: The Naval Mind of Holloway H. Frost
In an institution known for (mostly) producing either warfighters or thinkers, Commander Holloway H.
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Shipyards and Cities at War
In the summer of 1943, while American forces fought across the Pacific and in the skies over Europe, another battle was being waged on the home front…
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