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 →

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 →

The Mental State of This Failed State (And Strategy)

Photo Credit: Dangerroom WAR is not good for the individual or the collective psyche, obviously. So it stands to reason that a nation that has experienced war in its territories for the better part of three decades would Continue reading →

Mexico’s Drug Cartels Influence Map, 2011

Photo Credit: STRATFOR THE GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE firm known as “STRATFOR” — Strategic Forecasting — was thrust into the attention of laymen when the loosely connected “hacktivist” collective known as Anonymous, Continue reading →

Simulating Syrian Intervention?

I RECENTLY READ that the Ministry of Defense (M.O.D.), Britain’s equivalent to the Department of Defense, is having an issue with keeping its recruits’ attention. (Not a real surprising story there.) The M.O.D.’s Continue reading →