Reference: 27 Sep MajGen Robert Scales, USA (Ret), PhD

The Next Generation of Small Unit Warfare [NOTES] A Lunch Discussion with Major General (ret.) Robert H. Scales, PhD Monday, September 27, 2010, 12:00 pm — 1:30 pm The Brookings Institution, Stein Room, 1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC The 21st Century American military it has found itself fighting two extended land wars, neither against …

Review (DVD): Restrepo

Strong Recommendation from MajGen Robert Scales, USA (Ret) September 27, 2010 Actors: Dan Kearney, Lamonta Caldwell, Kevin Rice, Misha C. Pemble-Belkin, Kyle Steiner Directors: Sebastian Junger;Tim Hetherington General (and PhD) Robert Scales strongly recommended this movie to an audience at the Brookings Institute today. He used it as a backdrop to his official remarks on …

Reference: Summary of Earth’s Terminal Conditions & Radical Necessary Changes

Published Sep 4 2010 by Ceasefire Magazine The End of the World-as-we-know-it in 10 years? And the rise of the post-carbon era… by Dr. Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed Only 500 generations ago, hunter-gatherers began cultivating crops and forming their tiny communities into social hierarchies. Around 15 to 20 generations ago, industrial capitalism erupted on a global …

Worth a Look: The Movie Behind the Coffee Party

Movie Review 9500 Liberty A look at demagogues’ fearful power: ‘9500 Liberty’ tells how bias burned county “9500 Liberty,’’ a documentary about the recent bitter struggle over illegal immigration in Virginia’s Prince William County could be studied in film classes as a model of advocacy journalism. Filmmakers Annabel Park and Eric Byler are obviously on …