A Few More Amateurs, Please
One of the arguments against citizen-journalists is that we lack the “training” and “experience” to get the story right. After yesterday’s little snafu at KTVU in Oakland, it looks like we…
Where in the World is Colonel Bristol?
***UPDATE*** 7/19/2013. In a sudden about-face, the Pentagon has agreed to let Colonel Bristol speak with Congress about last year’s attack on our consulate in Benghazi. DoD relented after Republican…
From (Beneath) the Sea
Earlier this month, Israel destroyed a shipment of advanced anti-ship missiles in the Syrian port of Latakia. The missiles, which had just been received from Russia, posed a serious threat…
A Hero Among Heroes
Colonel George “Bud” Day, who received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his valor as a POW in North Vietnam, died yesterday at his home in Shalimar, Florida at the…
Why Rush Will Survive–and Prosper
The media world is atwitter (once again) over speculation that Cumulus Radio won’t renew its contracts with Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity when they expire at the end of this year. …
Undisciplined
Dave Micelli is a veteran teacher in the Baltimore city school system. Recently, he submitted a letter to the Baltimore Sun, ridiculing the paper’s editorial on the need for “better schools”…
Tidal Wave
B-24s over Ploesti on 1 August 1943. The raid on Axis oil facilities in Romania resulted in heavy lossess of planes and crews, but paved the way for later, successful…
Dispatches from the Tar Pits
If you need proof that the dinosaur media establishment is in its death throes, look no further than the recent sales of the Boston Globe and the Washington Post. The New…
Taking Flight
It was powerful symbol of a sudden shift in the balance-of-power in the Middle East. The “symbol” (in this case) was an Air Force C-17 transport, lifting off from an…
Military Epidemics that Aren't
Today’s essential reading from Thomas Donnelly, writing at The Wall Street Journal. A few excerpts: “…Begin with suicides by servicemen and women, which have increased in recent years—but by dozens of…