3/27/2026

Iran by the numbers

The conflict in the Middle East is difficult to track. Traditional daily battle damage reports are not posted by the Pentagon, and there are no daily press briefings. There are posts from the White House and administration officials on social media but they are informal. This is different from every previous armed incursion into a sovereign nation of this scale in modern history. American taxpayers deserve unclassified information about their military. We are having to hunt for it. 

4/17/2026

When cooler heads prevail

I was asked at my Christmas open house this winter what I thought “would happen in 2026.”

I replied that the administration would simply become even more itself, increasing the outrage and the grift, accelerating dishonorable acts one after the other ahead of the midterms for maximum chaos and personal aggrandizement and enrichment until the GOP lost Congressional control In November or other corrective influences intervened.

4/10/2026

60 days from the primary

The 2026 New Mexico primary has stepped back in time. In many ways the state has effectively insulated itself from the national chaos by having our own crises that need sorting out.

I earned my commission in parallel with a heavy dose of Catholic just war theory. Here, I dust it off to share with you some of the decisions that led to Desert Storm and how they compared to those that led to Epic Fury.

Little NM took on Big Meta and won, well, bigly. But that was with the help of Big Law and something called venue shopping. See the 1st NM Judicial District is known for whopper jury awards, and national trial lawyers know it. Is that a case for legal reform or a chance for lawyers to strike it big?