Adventurers sailing around the world slowly. With a dash of musings and other ramblings.

Politics

The Islamabad Memorandum and Other Polite Fictions Maybe row the dinghy

Maybe row the dinghy

The Islamabad Memorandum and Other Polite Fictions

Sam June 26, 2026

Day 119, A Cup of Black Coffee, and the Slow American Boil It is Friday morning. The...

A Staffing Plan in Search of a War: Why the next Director of National Intelligence inherits an architecture that has never let go of anything Brutalism under sky

Brutalism under sky

A Staffing Plan in Search of a War: Why the next Director of National Intelligence inherits an architecture that has never let go of anything

Sam June 19, 2026

There is a land war doctrine. There is a sea war doctrine. Each one rests on a...