Review: They Were Soldiers – How the Wounded Return from America’s Wars: The Untold Story

Ann Jones 5.0 out of 5 stars A necessary book — Gabriel’s trumpet on true cost of war, December 3, 2013 A necessary book. The author has rendered a national — a global — service in documenting the psychological, social, and physical costs of war, costs that surpass the continually astonishing financial cost of war. …

Review: Intelligence Analysis – How to Think in Complex Environments

Wayne Michael Hall and Gary Citrenbaum 4.0 out of 5 stars Utterly Brilliant, Mind-Glazing, 440 Pages of Straight Text, December 2, 2013 You could read this book a hundred times and learn something new every time. I have taken off one star because the book is too dense by far, with not a single graphic, …

Berto Jongman: Bits, Bytes, & Stuff

CYBER: Botnets Elicit Mercenary Government Approach CYBER: Dutch Hack Internet Forums CYBER: Dutch Rules for Mass Interceptions CYBER: Encryption Arms Race (Techies vs. NSA) CYBER: Trojan-Banker.Win32/64.Neverquest CYBER: True Cost of Cybercrime EDUCATION: Virtual Reality to Reduce Racism? ETHICS: UK Destroyed Files on Its Colonial Atrocities THREAT: CAR Crisis – “Human Catastrophe of Epic Proportions” THREAT: …

Review: The Price of Inequality:How Today’s Divided Society Endangers Our Future

Joseph Stiglitz 5.0 out of 5 stars Ethical Economist Confronts Two-Party Tyranny — Defines 70% of the Way Forward, November 26, 2013 I have admired this economist, one of a tiny handful who are not bought and paid for by the banks, for quite a long time. I’d like to see him at Director of …