Review: Big Man on Campus – A University President Speaks Out on Higher Education

Stephen Joel Trachtenberg 2008 Sequel to 2006 Reflections,August 27, 2011 Dr. Trachtenberg is a very active but post-presidential presence at George Washington University and in global educational circles. I first read Reflections on Higher Education. Completely different from that first book, which was a well-edited compilation of non-replicative speeches and articles, this book follows his …

Event: 8-11 Sep Toronto World Hearings on 9/11 + RECAP

International Hearings on the Events of September 11, 2001 Posted on February 20, 2011 by torontohearings Sponsored by The International Center for 9/11 Studies Objectives of the Hearings: (1) To present evidence that the U.S. government’s official investigation into the events of September 11, 2001, as pursued by various government and government-appointed agencies, is seriously flawed …

John Robb: Gold Bubble–Gold Not Welcome in New Era

Nouriel “Dr. Doom” Roubini is slamming the run up in the gold market: it’s the new subprime bubble only worse.  It’s leveraged 25-40x not just 5-10x.  It’s just another example of the global market’s central planning directorate in action.  Another massive/bad investment by those with all the decision making power.  It may also be a good …

Steven Howard Johnson: Reflections on OSINT

Phi Beta Iota:  Mr. Johnson is the author of Integrity at Scale, free online, whose many ideas are being integrated into the vision for a Smart Nation Act and the hub of the Smart Nation, an Open Source Agency and global Multinational, Multiagency, Multidisciplinary, Multidomain Information-Sharing and Sense-Making (M4IS2) network of networks.  He is a …