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 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 →

Liberal Quants Rising

WITH THE RE-ELECTION of President Obama and the soul-searching of Republican operatives and pundits that was its ancillary result, something became noticeably codified inside the perceptions of politicos in the election Continue reading →

Mr. McGovern

Photo Credit: The Washington Post I TWEETED about George McGovern’s death saying — in what now feels to be a short, impersonal and cold medium for such a thoughtful guy Continue reading →

On ‘Savages’ and ‘End of Watch’

Photo Credit: The New York Times THE NARCO-WARS of today have begun to see the big screen. Oliver Stone’s recent release Savages sets itself inside the designer dope game, where special strains 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 →

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 →