*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on June 18, 2018. It can also be found online here. It was the way catastrophes really happen and not as you imagine them. The trip had been planned for months. I booked the flight to Montreal this past November. Go ahead, do the math.…
On June 14, 2018, I had a fine time chatting about Strategy Strikes Back with Australian military officer Mick Cook and my three co-editors from the book – Max Brooks, John Amble, and Jaym Gates. You can find it here, Episode #64.
*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on June 6, 2018. It can also be found online here. I often looked up at the enormous World War I-era “doughboy” statute in Memorial Park, Manitou Springs, and wondered about who was immortalized with so much bronze atop so much granite. But there was…
(Please don’t ask me to describe the above image, which is the logo or calling card for the Midrats podcast!) On June 3, 2018, I talked myths and legends and Star Wars and the American military with the guys at the Midrats podcast. You can find it here, Episode #439.
*Note: This essay was originally published on the Modern War Institute’s Commentary & Analysis site. Over the weekend, millions of Americans partook in a powerful strategic myth by heading to see the next offering from the Star Wars franchise: Solo: A Star Wars Story. Considering its generational range and cultural reach, Star Wars may be…
*Note: This essay was published in the Los Angeles Times print edition on May 28, 2018. It can also be found online here. The novelist Margaret Atwood recently caused a stir when, during an interview with Variety, she said that the 9/11 hijackers “got the idea” to fly planes into buildings from watching “Star Wars.” Atwood, the…
*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on May 27, 2018. It can also be found online here. Han Solo is an American hero. Across Colorado, the country and the world, millions will flock this Memorial Day weekend to see “Solo: A Star Wars Story” and the young Alden Ehrenreich take on…
*Note: This essay was published in the Wall Street Journal print edition on May 25, 2018. It can also be found online here. The closest I came to getting killed in Iraq was during the summer of 2005. I spotted an enemy fighter firing a rocket-propelled grenade right at my Humvee. Somehow he missed, but for a…
On May 24, 2018, I talked about writing and Star Wars with Jonathan Small on his podcast, Write About Now–you can find it here.
On May 24, 2018, I had the privilege of talking with my Strategy Strikes Back co-editor, John Amble, about what makes the book’s central concept so important. It can be found here.