I'm a reader of milblogs, but as with all blogs, the wheat/chaff ratio makes it a poor investment of time.

America is one of the few places where the failure to promote oneself is widely regarded as arrogance.

Well, it's a humor strip, so my first responsibility has always been to entertain the reader... But if, in addition, I can help move readers to thought and judgment about issues that concern me, so much the better.

The strips about the military do seem to provoke moving and thoughtful responses. It's nice when the strip resonates, but more importantly, I need to know when I'm getting something wrong. The last thing I want to do is contribute to the suffering that wounded warriors already endure.

Once a week, I am a very desperate man.

Where there's smoke, there's bound to be mirrors.

Most writers seem to prefer the morning, or they feel at their best in the morning. Ideas are popping into your head while you're in the shower. And that's true for me, as well.