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Journal: Universities Join Two-Party Tyranny

University and Media Hosted Debates Continue to Exclude Alternative Candidates Despite Responsibility to Maintain a Free Marketplace of Ideas. Southwestern Community College Goes One Step Further, Censors Student Journalists. SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Universities and media outlets across California are excluding alternative candidates from participating in the debates they sponsor. The September 28 debate held at …

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Secrecy News on US Classification & 2 Headlines

BEHIND THE CENSORSHIP OF OPERATION DARK HEART By censoring Anthony Shaffer’s new book “Operation Dark Heart” even though uncensored review copies are already available in the public domain, the Department of Defense has produced a genuinely unique product:  a revealing snapshot of the way that the Obama Administration classifies national security information in 2010. With …

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Review: Whose Water Is It?–The Unquenchable Thirst of a Water-Hungry World

Core selection, not a substitute for the master works August 28, 2010 Bernadette McDonald and Douglas Jehl (editors) Published by the National Geographic in 2003, this is an edited work with several but not all of the greats brought together. The short pieces are a fine collage for undergraduate reading and discussion but the book …

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Journal: MILNET Selected Headlines

U.S. Mobilizes to Send Assistance to Haiti Phi Beta Iota: US military has been slow but more attentive than in the past.  They still lack Peace Jumpers, rapid-response peace flights, and multinational intelligence and logistics coordination “in a box.”  Afterthought:  PSYOP facilities, personnel, budget, and air leaflet capabilities could all be beneficially transfered to the …

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Review: Guiding Principles for Stabilization and Reconstruction (Paperback)

Utterly Brilliant Synthesis, Vital First Step–US Violates Every Single Principle December 18, 2009 United States Institute of Peace This book is a six-star special and will be so rated at Phi Beta Iota, the Public Intelligence Blog, where I cluster like non-fictions books in 98 categories, one of which is Stabilization & Reconstruction. At its …

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