Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will reduce senior officer billets to streamline the Pentagon, but the move risks institutional collapse by prioritizing ideological loyalty over professional experience.
By Tom Beckwith ·
The sea, for those who have lived near its edge—whether in Bologna or off the coast of Tunisia—is never simply water; it is a boundary, a promise, and often, a catastrophic forgetting.
By Elena Rossi ·
There is a particular kind of political theater that requires no grand pronouncements or dramatic confrontation—only persistence.
By Tom Beckwith ·
The sheer longevity of this National Guard deployment—extended through January 2029—is less a policy decision and more a performance art piece in state overreach.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·