Commentary - America's Future

By David Polansky • Feb 04,2009

My story

Thinking about the novels of Anne Rice, while drafting that last post, led me to realize just how pervasive gratuitous sex is in the world of genre fiction. Ms. Rice...

By David Donadio • Feb 04,2009

Will satellite time even be necessary in 10 years?

Another quick brain dropping in the media transformation department: a friend invited me to the Reuters TV studio for the filming of America Abroad Media’s latest U.S.-Pakistan telecast, which featured...

By Damir Marusic • Feb 04,2009

Category Error

A marine writes to Andrew Sullivan (in part): …I recalled our training on Iraqi culture prior to our deployment. A professor from Georgetown University had warned us (mostly college educated...

By David Donadio • Feb 04,2009

New evidence emerges of Nazi doctor who died in Cairo

The Times has a grisly must-read today about Dr. Aribert Heim, an infamous Nazi war criminal who performed unspeakable experiments on Jewish prisoners and committed atrocities beyond any sane man’s...

By David Donadio • Feb 04,2009

Blagojevich makes his case on Letterman

The Chicago Trib has the story: “I’ve been wanting to be on your show in the worst way for the longest time,” Blagojevich told Letterman at the start of his...

By Damir Marusic • Feb 04,2009

Defense Cuts and an Empire Stretched Thin

Dov Zakheim repeats Bob Kagan’s incorrect assertion that Obama is about to cut the DoD budget. As I pointed out yesterday, Congressional Quarterly is claiming (via Wired, I don’t have a...