"People should just chill. He's done a lot of good in this world." This was my daughter's general reaction to the 60 Minutes expose on Greg Mortenson, author of Three Cups of Tea who now stands accused of misrepresenting his charity's efforts in Pakistan.* While...
Author: Charli Carpenter
Excellent in-depth discussion of the Stryker Brigade in the New York Times. What's great about this piece is that the author goes into considerable depth to understand the structural context.
Not so happy for the 881,000 (or so) people, mostly children under five, who die of the disease every year, according to this website. And as you can see from.
... which hit the stands this evening via NYT, WAPO, the Telegraph and numerous other media outlets; courtesy of Wikileaks, many say. Interestingly, NYT reports Wikileaks was not responsible for this release, claiming the documents were originally leaked to Wikileaks but were released to the...
"Mom, which is worse for the environment, making energy from coal or wood?" Admittedly this question is not as off the wall as many, but hey: (more…)
Millions of individuals worldwide suffer from acute or chronic pain without adequate access to pain medication. The problem is particularly acute in the developing world, as Time Magazine chronicled last.
Starbuck's away and has various guest bloggers filling in at Wings Over Iraq. David Costelloe of Never Felt Better is among them, and his latest post is one more for my dataset on BSG analogies in Egypt commentary. In particular Costelloe argues Egypt can learn...
"I wonder what humans taste like." (more…)
What a concept.
Alcohol.
One of the arguments you often hear against drone warfare is that it has a "video-game-like quality" that mocks the gravity of war and makes it easier to kill. I.
I have previously written about the value of General McChrystal's July 2009 Tactical Directive in Afghanistan with respect to civilian protection. But as I discovered last weekend at the workshop,.