(Navy RA5-C Vigilante aircraft from RVAH-7. Navy image.) There was some spirited conversation on the Balcony late yesterday about the “New Object” shot down off the Prudeau Bay complex in Alaska. Some of us used to be in the aerial collection business, and there is interesting old technology flying around with new capabilities. It was […]

We have a crisis of sorts here. It is time to venture off the property and go shopping for controlled substances. That includes two versions of products produced in the United States by the Philip-Morris corporation. The history of the brand has an odd resonance with everything else happening these days. Smoking is now a […]

We attempted to stay up late enough to catch part of the SOTUS last night. Sadly, we couldn’t do it. Our interpretation of the event is therefore based on what other people thought about it, partly in another language popular here these days. The key take-away seemed to be a moment of tribute to the […]

There is supposed to be one of those set-piece Washington things tonight. The theme is one with historic precedent, and is given every year by the Chief Executive to let us know how things are going. We anticipate some of the usual misdirection shaped by misinformation, a bi-partisan tradition in which we take no sides. […]