Posted by: wordbeeps on: June 23, 2010
Ironic that of all publications, Rolling Stone magazine can bring down a general. The killer quote can indeed kill. The article, written by a features writer, not a news reporter, and one obviously unfamiliar but fascinated with the testosterone-laden, disdainful, and by necessity over-confident world of senior military staff, was also as obviously deeply embedded [...]
Posted by: wordbeeps on: December 6, 2008
The sombre milestone of 100 deaths of Canadian troops in Afghanistan is a reminder of the seriousness of governance. The globe-wide financial crisis is near the pinacle of importance for our national leaders, but at the very pinacle are the life and death matters of war. The deaths of Private. Demetrios Diplaros, Corporal Mark Robert [...]
