Dive into the archives.
- On military thought
Peter the strategist struggles to answer the question Who and Where are Today’s Military Thinkers? He observes that military thinkers with real military experience, practical or otherwise, seem to be losing out to “today’s military thinkers in universities and think tanks (e.g., Martin van Creveld and Willam Lind), in aid agencies and private military companies, [...]
- The subscription walls keep coming down
As of today, The Atlantic Monthly website is free to all visitors. Now you can go back and read all those old articles by Bob Kaplan. They still charge for some of their archives which date back to November 1857.
Actually, this story broke yesterday on the NYT which took down its wall a few [...]
- Haunting, random photography
From MirrorWorld
... the singular brilliance of photography is it’s [sp.] capacity for allowing hacks & amateurs to create the accidental, offhand masterpiece. Your grandma has no great unread novels or perfect lost symphonies written by her & still tucked away in a drawer in some upstairs closet – but the odds are she does have [...]
- Butt-Naked on Trial
Thanks to Eddie for the head’s up. ComingAnarchy’s favorite genocidal Liberian is making headlines again:
Liberian Ex-Rebel Confesses to Killings
January 21, 2008; 3:56 PMOne of Liberia’s most notorious rebel commanders, known as Gen. Butt Naked for charging into battle wearing only boots, has returned to confess his role in terrorizing the nation, saying he is [...]
- The Final Frontier
As Russia spars with its polar neighbors Canada, Norway, Denmark, and the US for territory in the artic (as previously discussed here and here), Moscow’s claim for more territory is just the beginning of what could become the last push to finalize borders between nations where firm borders have not yet been drawn.
Russia’s claims is [...]
- Why care about presidential faith?
Religious faith is a big issue for the current US primary. I assume this has been ignited by Mitt Romney’s Mormonism. This is common for elections involving non-Protestant candidates — JFK’s Catholicism was also controversial during the 1960 presidential election.
For some, faith is solid evidence of moral standing. For these “values voters” candidates must flaunt [...]
- Computer warfare conference
I really wish I could make it to this conference:
Technology in Wartime
This conference will explore how computer technology is used during war—both for the purposes of combat/defense, as well as for human rights interventions into war-torn regions. Topics will include high tech weapons systems, cyberwarfare, autonomous aircraft, mobile robots, internet surveillance, anonymous communication, and privacy-enhancing [...]
- The Origins of World War I
Great graphic from Wikipedia on the web of alliances that resulted in the explosion that was World War I.
- Forecast: Gloom and Doom
In a follow-up to Younghusband’s post on The Economist stating that climate change would be the big issue of 2008 comes this dated, but relevant, article from the January 1 edition of the New York Times.
Findings
In 2008, a 100 Percent Chance of Alarm
By JOHN TIERNEY - January 1, 2008You’re in for very bad weather. In [...]
- Ditto
From Roy at MF:
This is already a week old, but did anyone notice that the very same day US Congressman Mike Honda (D, California) issued yet another call for Japan to issue a more concrete apology to former comfort women, New Jersey became the first Northern state in the United States to issue a formal [...]
