Our play at the Gold Cup was terrible. So a pretty important event happened recently which is pretty central to the topics that this blog addresses. And then we ate some Pho, went home, and, while checking my phone before bed, saw on Twitter that Usama bin Laden was killed. I guess that is kind of important too.

Amendment IX - The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. Friday, December 28, 2007. The West underestimates what this has done to the people, especially the poor in Pakistan. Pakistan is notorious for switching horses in midstream. India is on high alert. The most dangerous place in the world just became much more dangerous. See ya in a few! The Hum.

Monday, December 20, 2010. Spreading the ideas of political freedom and market capitalism. The Cold War, for example, was won by the U. and its allies not so much by military means as by spreading the ideas of political freedom and market capitalism. To other regions that, in the words of strategic thinker Stanley A.

Distractions, Diversions, Books, Wines, Whiskeys and Other Stuff To Think About When You Should Be Doing Something Else. The first novel The Vaults.

Public diplomacy in the information age. Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprung up. The Chinese Still Have Some Hurdles to Overcome. Russian TV Host Slams Media in Award Speech. Al Qaeda Propaganda Now Available in Hebrew. Israelis Make Quick Use of Imagery. Threatened, Isolated Iran Sends FM to Beirut. USPak Relations Strong Following Petraeus.

The trident of Neptune is the scepter of the world. With my wife Mary and an exhausted Aidan. Teaching a beginning class at the Huntsville Fencing Club. And, at the bottom, boucaniers.

Facts, analysis and opinion about Blackwater Worldwide. Blackwater is not responsible for this site. Tuesday, February 17, 2009. Blackwater Retires Brand, Re-Names Its Units. Constant crushing negativism and new business directions have prompted the set of companies collectively known as Blackwater to retire the controversial brand that its critics hated and its supporters loved. The idea is to define the company as what it is today and not what it used to be.

Battle of Perception or Base Coercion? In his August assessment of the war effort, top allied commander Gen. So French is handing out calling cards, to the town elders. The stakes in this information conflict .