Thinking about my old college prof the celebrated Czech author Arnost Lustig who escaped on his way to Auschwitz, defied the Communists, wrote beautiful prose, and told dirty jokes. I wish he were here to help us see through all this mishegoss. Here’s a Becherovka Old Fashioned in his honor.

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I sometimes host a podcast called "Hot Wash" for RealClearDefense.com about military, defense, and national security issues. It's mostly me talking to much smarter people abt very scary things that can go boom. Here's Tom Shugart frm @cnas.bsky.social talking about the Chinese Navy
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