Author Archives: Holmes Oliver

After a brief summer pause, we’re gonna get back on track here at Liberty Bristles. Let’s start with the war in Ukraine. This month the Ukrainian regime made a bold move. It attacked into Russia with some of its best … Continue reading →

Now seems like a good time to take a chance and to make a prediction. This is a Sunday afternoon, and the newsfeeds say that Iran could launch some kind of a direct military attack on Israel as early as … Continue reading →

On the Long Prompts page, I’ll put a conversation I recently had with ChatGPT about the press. I’m pretty sure, after donning a small hat over my little Constitutional Scholar brain thing, that “of the press” refers to a category … Continue reading →

Annoying as hell, the passive voice as an impunity finesse might seem like one of those tiny constant bothers, like the Do Not Disturb tag constantly falling off the room lever. It is not a good thing, but it can … Continue reading →

OK, today, Geoff Demarest made an idle comment on the Willy OAM site Russian Troops Tunnel Under UA Lines – CRITICAL Area Under THREAT – Ukraine War Map Update News (youtube.com) Here is what he posted: “Great job, again, Willy. … Continue reading →

Hope you all had a happy, celebratory, hopeful 4th of July. We sang America the Beautiful in church last weekend and it was poignant more than I can remember it ever being. At Ace of Spades HQ, WeirdDave had “asked … Continue reading →

Willy OAM, who has a popular website discussing the Ukraine war, often say something like, “According to attrition warfare doctrine…” Could anyone out there remind me where such doctrine is written down or who is the supposed attrition warfare guru? … Continue reading →

Even the dullest ends-ways-means strategerist admits the basic wisdom of balancing one’s capacity to fight with whatever he wants to do and how. There is no separate section on capacity to fight in On Multiform War, but maybe in the … Continue reading →