Readers of Jerry Pournelle's weblog know that he believes the USA is well on its way to becoming an empire.

One of his readers sent him a link to this article, which reviews a six-part series on BBC on the subject of American empire.

Even if there is disagreement about whether America actually is an empire, there is agreement that America doesn't want to be an empire.

Read the whole thing.

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I missed this when it came out last month. MIT's Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies is working on a material that rapidly converts from fluid to solid state when subjected to a magnetic field. How long until we have powered armor?

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