On July 7, the Norwich Bulletin published brief biographies for the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission. I had not yet taken time to familiarize myself with the current Commissioners […]
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Category: Blog, Commentary and Articles
A section containing all blog entries, articles and commentaries. Many of these entries were imported from my earlier Blogspot, MovableType and WordPress blogs. In addition, political commentary, articles and essays written for publication and coursework can be found here. Much of the commentary in this section was published in The Multiracial Activist, The Abolitionist Examiner, The Good Men Project and Interracial Voice. Many essays in this section were written for coursework at the American Military University.
Red Light Cameras Go Bye-Bye
Christina Bellantoni of The Washington Times on N. Virginia to turn off 'spy' cameras: Red-light cameras in Northern Virginia will be unplugged tomorrow, as a 10-year pilot program expires. A […]
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Ignore the email titled “Join my friends network at Gazzag”
Friends and former colleagues, please feel free to ignore the email titled “Join my friends network at Gazzag!” An importing error resulted in the invitation being sent to the wrong […]
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Journal Entry Four for IR396: Contemporary Issues in the Persian Gulf I
Journal Entry Four for IR396 Contemporary Issues in the Persian Gulf I American Military University Prior to the launch of the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the U.S. and U.K., […]
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Journal Entry Three for IR396: Contemporary Issues in the Persian Gulf I
Journal Entry Three for IR396 Contemporary Issues in the Persian Gulf I American Military University In The Greatest Threat, Richard Butler chronicles his work as chairman of UNSCOM inspecting and […]
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Journal Entry Five for IR396: Contemporary Issues in the Persian Gulf I
Journal Entry Five for IR396 Contemporary Issues in the Persian Gulf I American Military University Following my discharge from active duty in 1995, I was particularly concerned about the status […]
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Journal Entry Seven for IR396: Contemporary Issues in the Persian Gulf I
Journal Entry Seven for IR396 Contemporary Issues in the Persian Gulf I American Military University In The Generals’ War, Michael R. Gordon and General Bernard E. Trainor mention the January […]
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Journal Entry Six for IR396: Contemporary Issues in the Persian Gulf I
Journal Entry Six for IR396 Contemporary Issues in the Persian Gulf I American Military University Looking back on the buildup to the ground war in 1990, prompted by further readings […]
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Journal Entry Two for IR396: Contemporary Issues in the Persian Gulf I
Journal Entry Two for IR396 Contemporary Issues in the Persian Gulf I American Military University In 1991, when the Coalition forces began their push to supplant Saddam’s forces from Kuwait […]
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Journal Entry One for IR396: Contemporary Issues in the Persian Gulf I
Journal Entry One for IR396 Contemporary Issues in the Persian Gulf I American Military University Upon reading the assigned writings for this week, I was thrust back to the summer […]
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