Bilbo's Random Thought Collection

Many years ago, during my last active duty tour as an Air Force lieutenant colonel in the Pentagon (shortly before the Air Force transitione...

Der Furor wasted no time in seizing the reins of power once he had been sworn in as the 47th President. He signed scores of royal decrees E...

In the era of Der Furor, we find ourselves asking a lot of uncomfortable questions nobody ever thought would need to be asked, and the answe...

The US Code has 51 Titles and tens of thousands of pages of laws, but it seems there's always a need for yet another one. How often have...

Those of you who have been reading this blog for any length of time know that I take a dim view of those who loudly and irresponsibly trumpe...

Many years ago, when I was serving on the Air Staff in the Pentagon, I worked for then-Major General Ken Minihan , who at the time was the ...

Let me say at the outset that I believe Donald Trump is a complete disaster as a president. He has demeaned the dignity of the office, tras...

One of my Mother's favorite maxims was: "Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should do it." I think ab...

As a general rule, we Americans don't like titles. The Constitution even clearly states (Article 1, Section 9) that "No Title of N...

India is one definitely one of the most bizarre nations on earth. On the one hand, it has a space program and a booming high-technology sec...

Those of you, Dear Readers, who have been following my ruminations over the life of this blog, know that I have a fairly conflicted relatio...

You may remember last month, Dear Readers, that I was summoned for jury duty at the local Circuit Court. In Fairfax County, the way it work...

Yes, Dear Readers, yours truly has been summoned to report for jury duty at the Fairfax County Circuit Court today. I need to report to the...

This is a question posed by Asha Rangappa , an associate dean at the Yale Law School and a former FBI agent, in a recent op-ed article in t...

One of the most contentious elements of the ongoing fecal maelstrom over health care is the responsibility (or not) of insurance companies ...

I can't believe we are still arguing about immigration enforcement and reform after all these years. No, wait ... yes, I can ... becaus...

If you came here looking for Musical Sunday, come back again in two weeks ... today is the day for Bilbo's Traditional Christmas Post. ...

The release of Oliver Stone's new film Snowden has become part of a groundswell of opinion holding that Edward Snowden - the man who s...

Yesterday I talked about the hue and cry over the size of government, and the lack of specific proposals for what to actually reduce. Well,...

One of the major tenets of modern conservative and libertarian philosophies is that government at all levels must be kept as small and inob...