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2009 Arnold Google: The Digital Gutenberg

Robert Steele, the #1 Amazon reviewer for non-fiction, considers Stephen E. Arnold to be the single most professional analyst of emerging information technologies and their social meaning.  His “Google Triology” may well be the most significant body of work of practical significance not just to the information industry, but to civil liberties, capitalism, civil society, …

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Journal: US Attorney General Homegrown Terror Threat Increasing

In ABC News Exclusive, Attorney General Eric Holder Says ‘American People Would be Surprised by the Depth of the Threat’ By PIERRE THOMAS, JASON RYAN and THERESA COOK WASHINGTON, July 29, 2009 Attorney General Eric Holder told ABC News in an exclusive interview today that he is increasingly concerned about Americans becoming radicalized and turning …

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Journal: Marcus Aurelius Flags “The Losers Hang On”

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Published: July 25, 2009 After spending a week traveling the frontline of the “war on terrorism” — from the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Ronald Reagan in the seas off Iran, to northern Iraq, to Afghanistan and into northwest Pakistan — I can comfortably report the following: The bad guys are losing. Yes, …

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Journal: Marcus Aurelius Flags “The Class Too Dumb to Quit”

Our policy is to point to the original full sotry online whenever the source offers a persistent URL that does not require registration.  Below are extracts from Tom Friedman’s “The Class Too Dumb to Quit,” as flagged by Marcus Aurelius, pseudonym for a Special Operations officer with decades of HUMINT abroad. EXTRACTS: This scene is …

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