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2009/11/09

Worth a Look: The Golden Hour and Rebalancing the Instruments of National Power

As we begin winding down in Iraq, many years after General Garner had us lined up to exit without destroying the Golden Hour, and as we reflect on Afghnaistan, which we also lost by refusing Charlie Wilson’s urgent pleas to continue the money after the Soviet left, but earmarked for schools, water, and other necessary …

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2009/10/222009/10/22

Review: Hidden Truth–Forbidden Knowledge

Has Warts But On Balance, Best Available Overview October 22, 2009 Steven M. Greer I elevated this book from four to five stars in part because I know some of the people to whom the author refers (e.g. Admiral Mike Cramer, referred to by name; and John Petersen, author of Out of the blue: Wild …

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2009/10/202011/10/22

Journal: Design Thinking for Government

What a great search phrase! Thank you. KEY POINT: Design is not just about physical structures, but about relationships as well as ideas. Will Durant has a great deal to say about this in Philosophy and the Social Problem. KEY POINT: Information is the means by which we harmonize understanding of the threats, sustainable consensus …

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2009/10/062009/10/07

Review: Waiting for Lightning to Strike–The Fundamentals of Black Politics

Essays, Fundamentals, a Corner Stone October 6, 2009 Kevin Alexander Gray I was truly delighted to have this book arrive today, along with Betrayal: How Black Intellectuals Have Abandoned the Ideals of the Civil Rights Era, which I will write up tomorrow morning. Although the essays date back to 1994 this book (and the one …

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2009/09/292009/09/29

True Cost: How Do We Calculate It?

With Obama as President, Media Not Interested in Casket Coverage So far this month, 38 American troops have been killed in Afghanistan. For all of 2009, the number is 220 — more than any other single year and more than died in 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 combined. With casualties mounting, the debate over U.S. …

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2009/09/062009/09/06

Review: The New Rulers of the World

Integrity Takes This to a Full Five–Part of a Review Trilogy September 6, 2009 John Pilger John Pilger was brought to my attention recently. I have known a few really great investigative journalists such as Robert Young Pelton, David Kaplan, and John Fialka, but John Pilger was new to me, and I am *very* glad …

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2009/07/252009/10/06

Review: Winning the Long War: Retaking the Offensive against Radical Islam

First, Understand the Enemy Within, July 25, 2009