Some of Rod’s powerful writing…

Vincent van Gogh Starry Night over the Rhone, 1888

A lot of you never read HG Wells’ “The World Set Free” and it shows

“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” — Albert Camus

Games. Are. Made. Of. Rules.

Nice analysis applying international environmental law to outer space, particularly as to space debris and the continuing degradation of low earth orbits. ejiltalk.org/from-climate-t…

Now SBIs need their own SBIs. We’re inviting increased military escalation and getting further and further away from the Outer Space Treaty’s mandate to ensure space is only used for “peaceful purposes.” breakingdefense.com/2025/11/golden…

"No one in those boats justifiably can be labeled a combatant. There is no moral universe in which vaporizing human beings in the middle of the ocean is an act of justice." A must read by John Duffy on our military committing extrajudicial killings. latimes.com/opinion/story/…

The movie inside my head when someone assumes the state has been a constant since Westphalia

When I was 22 years old, I commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy and swore an oath to the Constitution. I upheld that oath through flight school, multiple deployments on the USS Midway, 39 combat missions in Operation Desert Storm, test pilot school, four space

At West Point, cadets walk past a plaque that says our officers must follow the law if orders ever conflict with it. That is how our military has protected this nation for generations. When six members of Congress, all who served themselves, reaffirmed that simple principle,

A coalition of former & retired military judge advocates issued a rare joint statement warning that the Pentagon’s effort to recall Sen. Mark Kelly for UCMJ prosecution is partisan in nature, legally baseless & compromised by unlawful command influence. cnn.com/2025/11/26/pol…

Trump is attempting to destroy the nation’s most prestigious universities.

Erroneous argument premised on 1. Golden Dome being 100% effective (impossible) and 2. PRC, RUS, etc., accepting the US as the only nation with 1st strike capability (never happen). Most likely: more nuclear weapons and instability. spacenews.com/how-golden-dom… via SpaceNews

Beware those who argue “Full-scale space wars are unavoidable,” and also that the US should “usher in a new era of moral conduct in space warfare.” This is pure jingoism—typical of intellectuals who support rather than question power. thespacereview.com/article/5106/1

The pearl clutching and bullying by the US is really breathtaking here. The EU has every sovereign right to impose these sensible regulations to deal with the increasing debris and congestion issues that are driving the space domain toward collapse. politico.eu/article/us-sla…

|George F. Will: "Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement. ... The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself"

“When you get an order, you move out fast and don’t ask questions.” said Hegseth. We have a SECDEF that isn't aware of the reqt's of the oath of military office or the rule of law. So, of course, extrajudicial killings are the outcome. ca.news.yahoo.com/hegseth-forced… via @Yahoo

Every elected Democrat should be standing up to condemn Trump's comments about Somalis and Rep. Omar, one of the very best people in the US Congress. Every elected Democrat should be demanding Trump's removal NOW. Because it won't happen until well AFTER we all do that.

The justifications proffered by the Navy and DoD—that 2 men clinging to a derelict boat at sea are a threat to the US such that they must be immediately executed as opposed to taken into custody—are patently ludicrous. Shame on them. apple.news/A0VxthUwwQGCQi…