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Editor Column

Loadmaster weighs heavy on Airbus, and other thoughts

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Written by defenceWeb editor Leon Engelbrecht Friday, 16 January 2009 17:47

Welcome to 2009. I trust you have had a great New Year and that we all will have a prosperous 12 months before us.   As reported on this page last year, this will be a busy period. I have posted a provisional diary to guide defenceWeb coverage on the site. It can be accessed under the “looking forward” icon. Please let me know of any errors or omissions.
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Does history teach?

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Written by defenceWeb editor Leon Engelbrecht Friday, 09 January 2009 15:14

The American political scientist Bernard Brodie once remarked that the “phrase 'history teaches' when encountered in an argument usually portends bad history and worse logic."    US law Professor Glenn Harlan Reynolds added to this that the “trouble with lessons from history is that they often involve little actual history. Sometimes, the history was never there to begin with. Other times, lessons from history are wrong because nobody has bothered to look at the facts”.
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Languid days

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Written by defenceWeb editor Leon Engelbrecht Friday, 12 December 2008 16:43

This is probably my last editorial for 2008. The next will be on 9 January, unless something sufficiently riveting happens to rip us from our holiday torpor. But that’s no reason not to check the web site daily.  While we are now officially closing for the Southern Hemisphere’s summer break, we will be offering a limited service over the holidays. I’ll be watching events elsewhere on the continent and at home and do my best to keep you informed when the newspapers go on vacation, as they will those few days between Christmas and New Year.  
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