Edgewood’s Secrets

WHAT HAPPENED AT EDGEWOOD ARSENAL, a United States Army munitions research facility in Edgewood, Maryland — made somewhat notorious in the midst of the Cold War — is viewed properly as Continue reading →

The Anti-Poaching Drone Mission

Photo Credit: Canadian Broadcasting Company DRONES have become the tremendously controversial “flying robot killing machines” of our extraordinary times, even becoming the subject of lampoon in Saturday Night Live animations, and finding introduction into Continue reading →

The Tear Line

“THE WORLD is complicated” and understanding just how complex it is requires a constant news media intake focusing on geopolitical, global crises, defense and security news. Besides that those are Continue reading →

The Forgotten North Korean Propaganda of Americans

Photo Credit: Vice IN NETFLIX’S streaming roster there’s a 2006 documentary called Crossing the Line, which explores the lives of American deserters who joined North Korea’s regime during the peak of Continue reading →

11 Years in Our Ideals Conflicted Post-9/11

I REALIZED that I had never reflected on the consequences of that moment, eleven years ago now, in regards to the life of Americans. And I believe that the perspectives of Continue reading →

On Frank Ocean and ‘Channel Orange’

I WROTE HERE briefly about Frank Ocean’s improbable rise from the ranks of obscurity to quick stardom on the strength of his debut alternative R&B mixtape Nostalgia Ultra, his odd circumstance of Continue reading →

A Problem in Covering the Secret War

Photo Credit Defense News I HAVE tangentially spoken about President Obama’s secret drone strikes in Afghanistan-Pakistan (Af-Pak), which have only been marginally reported in the traditional media, while the strikes Continue reading →

Kalashnikov Everything; Everywhere

IN its first anniversary issue GOOD — a Los Angeles-based media group focusing on the animating passions of the socially conscious – made an odd editorial decision: They opted to run a Continue reading →