Journal: Bin Laden, Dead or Alive, Makes Sense

Bin Laden Tape: Terror Leader Criticizes Muslim Governments For Military Spending CAIRO — Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden called for the creation of a new relief body to help Muslims in an audiotape released Friday, seeking to exploit discontent following this summer’s devastating floods in Pakistan by depicting the region’s governments as uncaring. It was …

Journal: The Domestic Politics of Afghanistan

Following editorial appeared in today’s Washington Post, commenting on a series of three excerpts of Bob Woodward’s new book, “Obama’s Wars.”  Invite your attention to highlighted portions, particularly the final one, “,,,  the president had treated the military as another political constituency that had to be accommodated …”  Anybody wanna speculate how that’s making the …

Review (Guest): Linchpin–Are You Indispensable?

Amazon Exclusive: Hugh MacLeod Reviews Linchpin Hugh MacLeod is an artist, cartoonist, and Web 2.0 pundit whose blog, gapingvoid.com, has two million unique monthly visitors. His first book, Ignore Everybody, was an Amazon Top Ten Business Book of the Year and a Wall Street Journal bestseller. Read his exclusive Amazon guest review of Linchpin: This …