Author: David Adesnik
By David Adesnik • Mar 30,2009

I know a bestselling author

Craig Mullaney, my classmate from grad school, is at #10 on the NY Times bestseller list for hardcover non-fiction (for the second week in a row). His book, The Unforgiving...

By David Adesnik • Mar 23,2009

Spinal tapped

I absolutely must compliment Mr. Donadio on his reference to Spinal Tap. On a scale of ten, Spinal Tap in an eleven. At the same time, I must disagree vigorously...

By David Adesnik • Mar 18,2009

Red Cross on CIA black sites

The editors of the WaPo comment on the recently revealed Red Cross report that describes US tactics at CIA-operated black sites as torture: “The allegations are familiar, yet some of...

By David Adesnik • Mar 18,2009

Yes, we watch Rachel Maddow

On Monday night, Maddow invited counterinsurgency expert John Nagl to discuss Afghanistan in her ‘Talk Me Down’ segment. Nagl is a retired lieutenant colonel who commanded an Army battalion in...

By David Adesnik • Mar 16,2009

My classmate on the Daily Show

Seriously. My friend Craig Mullaney, whom I met in grad school almost ten years ago, is the author of a new book about his experiences at West Point, Oxford and...