Michael Vlahos, an infuriatingly clever thinker
I used to have an office next to Mike's at the Center for Naval Analyses in the mid-1990s. Mike is too clever for his business. He should really write science fiction because I think he'd produce some amazing stuff.
I don't agree with much of what Mike says--he's that annoyingly clever. But as someone who tries to think out-of-the-box, he's someone I regularly turn to for exactly that, and I can count those people on one hand.
Here's an interesting review he wrote of a book. As always, it makes you think uncomfortable thoughts, like a good Twilight Zone episode.
Find it at: news.monstersandcritics.com