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Hither and Yon
by | Apr 16, 2026

This edition of the 5QT is going to continue a theme extant in the two other columns in this space…

by | Apr 9, 2026

I decided, since there is a… ahem! “ceasefire” in the Iran war, that I’d do something different this week. Which…

by | Apr 8, 2026

I could spend a lot of this column musing about the absolute whiplash gripping the American and global commentariat surrounding…

by | Apr 6, 2026

It was something of an Easter miracle that the weapons officer of an F-15E Strike Eagle, shot down some 200…

by | Apr 2, 2026

We’re diving right in. I have a word limit on the 5QT this week. It’s self-imposed, because I am attempting…

by | Apr 1, 2026

The American president and secretary of state have signaled that the defense umbrella provided to Europe under the auspices of…

by | Mar 30, 2026

If ever there was any doubt as to the utterly worthless character of the United Nations — the universe’s premier…

by | Mar 25, 2026

Everywhere you look in American politics, you’ll see two things. First are polls, predictions, and posturing around the concept that…

by | Mar 19, 2026

I’m not sure that I’m going to make it a policy to turn the 5QT into an Iran war notebook,…

by | Mar 18, 2026

Over the weekend, one of recent memory’s worst human beings dropped dead, and we can’t summon up much regret over…

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