I'm still around

...but it has been hard to publish blog posts when I am out in the field.  My battalion and I have been training hard for our upcoming deployment.  We have been in the field for 4 weeks now and have 2 more to go.  I haven't really been able to think about anything to post.  I didn't want this blog to turn into a Twitter update type thing of what I have been up to lately.  I still don't.  As I have the mental energy, time and internet connection I will continue to post.  I didn't really have any readers to lose anyway so my infrequency of posting is probably no big loss.

Stimulus not virtue?

If this article title is not a nice summary of what is wrong with America then I don't know what is:

"America needs stimulus not virtue"

The article is about economic policy, but the title summarizes the attitude of Americans in many arenas of life. I don't claim to be an economic expert but there is little I agree with in the title or the article.