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Is He Kidding?

whatta joke!wouldnt it be wiser to create a real market effect to push US consumers to reduce gas consumption? take a look at a thoughtful explanation from James Surowiecki at New Yorker magazine.To...

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A Tired Bush Admin?

even the big guys get tired!In the view of many Republicans, fatigue may be one factor affecting the once smooth-running White House. Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr. gets up each day at 4:20 a.m.,...

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Land of Confusion (by Genesis)

I must’ve dreamed a thousand dreamsBeen haunted by a million screamsBut I can hear the marching feetThey’re moving into the street.Now did you read the news todayThey say the danger’s gone awayBut I...

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Hanson at the Rubicon

http://www.victorhanson.com/articles/hanson102805.html

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Robert Kaplan Quote

Rob Kaplan's "Imperial Grunts" is a wonderful book.From p.228:Amateurs discuss tactics, rank amateurs discuss grand strategy, while professionals discuss logistics.

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Resurrect Hagia Sophia in Constantinople

by signing the petition: http://www.hagiasophiablog.com/mainpage.htmlFor background on this important effort: http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/007587.php

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Thomas Asbridge's History of First Crusade

Thomas Asbridge has written a gratifying "new history" of the First Crusade.His story is a good one, told in a delightful style, motivating the reader by telling it through religious adventure,...

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Economist tribute to Peter Drucker

A very nice piece by the Economist on the management guru:http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=5165460

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Microsoft Strategic Memo Leaked

It's always interesting to read confidential business memos outlining strategic thoughts and implications.What can one learn from this memo?This one is from Ozzie at...

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Pensions disappearing one by one...

But the move by I.B.M., a financially healthy company, shows that even some of the most secure businesses in the country no longer want to bear the risk or the expense of providing a firm promise of a...

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Western apologists...

"There is now a pattern to Clintonian apologies — they almost always occur overseas and on someone else's subsidy."http://www.victorhanson.com/articles/hanson020306.html

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WSJ Opinion

Clash of CivilizationFebruary 11, 2006; Page A8As a way of addressing the Islamist threat to civil liberties in Europe, the Danish cartoons of the prophet Muhammad were hardly ideal. The right to mock...

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A not so good Che?

Che: Revolutionary, movie star, killing machineThe great revolutionary also had a chance to put into practice his economic vision as head of the National Bank of Cuba and of the Department of Industry...

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Arguments, changing minds...

http://changingminds.org/index.htmawesome site. tons of information on making your argument...

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Outsourcing rampages on!

Will Your Job Survive?By Harold Meyerson, The Washington Post, Wednesday, March 22, 2006; A21In case you've been worrying about how the war in Iraq will end, or the coming of avian flu, or the...

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Lou Dobbs on China visit

Make no mistake: Our leaders are the fools, and China's leaders are not to be blamed for taking advantage of this administration's commitment to faith-based economic theories and so-called free trade...

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Galbraith dead at 97

"One of my greatest pleasures in my writing has come from the thought that perhaps my work might annoy someone of comfortably pretentious position. Then comes the realization that such people rarely...

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Iraq War Costs Big Cash...

"...The debate came on a day when the Defense Department said that the number of American military deaths in Iraq had surpassed 2,500 and when the Congressional Research Service reported that the cost...

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wake up!

`American Dream' turning into a nightmareJun. 27, 2006. 01:00 AMRICHARD GWYNThat American CEOs last year earned 262 times the average pay of their own workers is no big deal. It's always possible that...

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c'mon...how tiring can this record be???

Ms. Rice made clear before her trip began that she would not be pressuring Israel into a cease-fire until the “root causes" of the conflict were addressed, and she sought today to present the issue in...

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as in project management...

...you need to define success.it's the same in war:"Victory in this case does not mean that I will enter and conquer the north of Palestine,” Sheik Nasrallah said. “If the resistance survives, this...

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Information Dissemination

Communicating is important, especially for project managers in global organizations. It always important to conduct that stakeholder communication analysis, to structure the flow and content. This...

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Why run lessons learned discussions?

The definition of insanity is continuing to do the same thing and expecting a different result.- John Arquilla, a defense analyst at the Naval Postgraduate School.Find the latest Hersh article...

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Playstation 3 costs

Article summaries a cost analysis of the PS3 system. Revealing things, for those operations/detail oriented folk who are interested in what they're actually...

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Second proxy war of WWIV?

With tacit US approval:Islamist Forces in Somalia Are on the RetreatBy JEFFREY GETTLEMANPublished: December 26, 2006NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec. 26 —Islamist forces in Somalia beat a hasty retreat today to...

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