Posts by James Joyner

James Joyner
About James Joyner
James Joyner is a Professor of Security Studies. He's a former Army officer and Desert Storm veteran. Views expressed here are his own. Follow James on Twitter @DrJJoyner.

Breaking: Life Hard for Military Spouses Wanting Careers

You can either have a career in a white shoe law firm or marry a military officer. Pick one.

Self-Driving Cars Here By 2025, Mandatory By ?

Most of us suck at driving. Soon, we won’t be allowed to drive.

Regal Cuts Worker Hours, Blames ObamaCare

America’s largest theater chain has slashed the hours of thousands of workers to stay under the ObamaCare threshold.

Shooting Sprees vs Organized Terrorist Attacks

We treat violence by lone individuals differently than organized violence. Race, religion, and national origin have nothing to do with that.

Why Terrorist Attacks Are So Rare

Peter Bergen says government crackdowns since the Oklahoma City and 9/11 attacks have made getting bomb making materials harder.

29% of Facebook Users Have No Filter Whatsoever

Alex Madrigal reports that “71% of Facebook Users Engage in ‘Self-Censorship.'” That strikes me as low.

Keep Calm and Carry On

We shouldn’t overreact. But we shouldn’t fool ourselves either: We’re not safe.

Did Special Forces Snipers Kill Americans After Katrina?

A former Navy SEAL charges that Blackwater snipers killed American citizens in New Orleans during Katrina’s aftermath.

Hagel Scraps Drone Medal

Chuck Hagel has countermanded his predecessor and canceled the Distinguished Warfare Medal.

California Defies Supreme Court on Prison Releases

Jerry Brown tells the US Supreme Court to go to hell.

Southerners Not Fat, Just Honest

Southerners lie about their weight–but not as much as those lyin’ Yankees.

Kid Rock Embarrassed to Be a Republican

The artist known as Kid Rock endorsed Mitt Romney but now says he’s “embarrassed to be a Republican.” Because of their stance on paperless tickets, naturally.

Sam Hurd and the War on Drugs

Calvin Watkins considers “The sad case of Sam Hurd,” a former wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys and Chicago Bears.

Recriminations on Iraq

Revisiting an old posting of mine on the subject.

‘North Korea Has Launched a Missile’ Tweet Prematurely Launched

Officials in the Japanese city of Yokohama mistakenly announced the launch of a North Korean missile to 40,000 followers on Twitter.

Keeping Mentally Ill Senators From Getting Guns

I’ve got my differences with Charlie Schumer and Joe Manchin. But there’s no need to call names.

Our Cabinet Is Loaded

Many of our cabinet secretaries are independently wealthy.

Paul Wolfowitz: Smart Idiot

My latest for The National Interest, “It’s Not Too Soon to Tell,” has posted.

Blue Angels Cancel Season

The Navy’s Blue Angels demonstration team has canceled the rest of its 2013 season in response to budget cuts.

Patent Trolls Go After Scan-to-Email Users

Ars Technica introduces us to “nice-guy lawyers who want $1,000 per worker for using scanners.”

Margaret Thatcher Does the Dead Parrot Sketch

Margaret Thatcher does the Dead Parrot Sketch

Engaging North Korea

Our current approach isn’t working.

KFC ‘Invents’ Boneless Chicken, Thinks it Has ‘Game Changer’

Boneless chicken has been around for decades. The folks at KFC have just discovered it an think they have something special.

The Hagel Doctrine

My latest for The National Interest, “Hagel’s Three Questions,” ponders our national security decisionmaking.

Who’s America’s Best Looking Attorney General?

President Obama says Kamala Harris is “by far the best-looking attorney general in the country.”

Hagel’s Uphill Fight

Examining SECDEF’s call for radical overhaul of our defense structure against the fate of similar calls past.

Paywalls and Collusion

The days of free news on the Internet may be coming to an end.

Has Hillary Clinton Learned from 2008 Mistakes?

Will the prohibitive favorite for the 2016 Democratic nomination do it differently this time around?

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AP Bans ‘Illegal Alien’ for Aliens Here Illegally

Illegal aliens will henceforth be be called, well, something.

Hookup Culture and the End of Sex

Apparently, today’s youth no longer know how to have good sex on account of they’re having too much sex.

Blogging > Peer Review Publishing?

Robert Farley takes a shot across the bow at the academy from the pages of one of his field’s most prestigious journals.

Twitter to Start Charging For Vowels!

In one of the lamer April Fools’ jokes in a while, Twitter has announced Twttr

Marriage Has Changed; It’s Not Because of the Gays

Ross Douthat bemoans the evolution of American cultural norms over the past fifteen years.

Dark Social: The Hidden Web

The “social web” was with us long before the rise of Facebook, Twitter and its kind and that the old style sharing is actually much more important than the new.

Baghdad Bob Was Right After All

Emily DePrang looks back at “‘Baghdad Bob’ and His Ridiculous, True Predictions.”

Army Denies Purple Heart to Fort Hood Victims (For Now)

The Army has ruled, correctly, that the victims of Major Nidal Hassan are not entitled to the Purple Heart.

Mal Moore, Alabama Football Legend, Dead at 73

Mal Moore, who was part of ten football championships at Alabama, has died at 73.

Diversity on TV Talk Shows

MSNBC’s Chris Hayes uses a quota system to make sure his guests aren’t all white dudes.

Drunkorexia?!

Apparently, some significant number of people are starving themselves to “save calories” for getting drunk.

What If We Treated Foreign Languages Like Sports?

If kids practiced French two hours a day . . .

Advice For Princeton Women: Find a Husband Before You Graduate

Susan Patton, president of Princeton’s Class of 1977, offers some retro advice to her successors: Find a husband while you’re still in school.

Gun Control and Public Opinion

90 percent of Americans support background checks for gun purchases. They are unlikely to be enacted into law.

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American Charged With Using Weapon of Mass Destruction that Isn’t a Weapon of Mass Destruction

An American fighting with Syrian rebels faces life in prison for firing an RPG against a government we’re trying to oust.

Translating Military Experience into Gibberish

Conveying military experience to civilian human resources departments is hard.

End Military Funeral Honors for Veterans?

Bill McClellan calls for ending military funeral honors for most veterans.