Marcus Aurelius: The Force — How Much Military is Enough?

The Force: How much military is enough? by Jill Lepore New Yorker, January 28, 2013 Sixty-two legislators sit on the House Armed Services Committee, the largest committee in Congress. Since January, 2011, when Republicans took control of the House, the committee has been chaired by Howard P. McKeon, who goes by Buck. He has never …

INTELLIGENCE with INTEGRITY: Enabling Hybrid Public Governance with Open-Source Decision-Support [Table of Contents]

Table of Contents  (& Free Online DRAFT Chapters) WARNING NOTICE:  The book will be UGLY and incomplete until each chapter reaches reaches 11 out of 15. Crowd-sourcing of content is INVITED. Send email with suggestions to robert.david.steele.vivas [at] gmail [dot] com. . . . . . . Appreciation i Table of Contents iii Table of …

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Berto Jongman: Eight Paradigm Shifts — Starting Now…

Are We on the Verge of an Interspiritual Age? By Bernard Starr (about the author) EXTRACT The horrific events that we read about and view in vivid television reports hardly testify to an imminent state of spiritual elevation. Conflict, greed, self-interest, divisiveness, warfare and even genocide are as prevalent on the world stage today as …

Review: Using Data Sharing to Improve Coordination in Peacebuilding: Report of a Workshop on Technology, Science, and Peacebuilding

Andrew Robertson and Steve Olson (eds.) 4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent First Step, Four Disappointments, January 2, 2013 This is one of the more useful reports to come out of the US Institute of Peace and its collaborative effort with the National Academy of Engineering and I highly recommend it for either free reading …