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Eric Michael Burke
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Historian. Bibliophile. Naturalist. Antiquarian.
While I agree in principle, I think recent events (over the last half century) may challenge the “most people” assumption.
October 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Also from Lincoln:

“The bottom is out of the tub.”
October 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
They are taught to be reflexively “apolitical” in the second sense, but in reality literally cannot be an officer of anything and be “apolitical” in either sense at the end of the day.

The key is managing and juggling both.
September 21, 2025 at 6:22 AM
For what it’s worth, I’m very much of the opinion that officers learn far too late the difference between “politics” and “partisanship,” or what we might think of as “big P” Politics (all (re)organization of power dynamics on Earth) and “little p” politics (Washington).
September 21, 2025 at 6:21 AM
It truly takes somebody with your first and middle names to be so humble and true to the principles of intellectual discourse.

On the other hand, I was probably half speaking out of my hindparts on that one, as so often.
September 21, 2025 at 6:20 AM
August 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
As aforementioned, the only ACW RTS I’ve ever played that even came close (despite major flaws) to depicting the art of mid-nineteenth century command was the Take Command series. Especially with “Follow Leader” on so everything had to be done at ground level instead of overhead.
July 29, 2025 at 5:58 AM
I get that the brigades(?) are supposed to be like avatars but even then. Like, what on earth is going on?
July 29, 2025 at 5:56 AM
It’s not even that. It’s just the utter formlessness of anything. It’s just swarms of dudes at ludicrously close range.
July 29, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Even the screenshots make me cringe so much…
July 29, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Read Daddis instead.
July 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I had big hopes for Grand Tactician but its battle RTS framework is just as unauthentic as the rest sadly. Even if the higher level stuff is very well done.
July 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
The Take Command series remains the only tactical-level ACW game worth anything despite all its flaws. The rest are absurd.
July 15, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Wahrscheinlich nicht.
June 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM