We recently went to see the new Oliver Stone movie, “World Trade Center“. There have been various reviews — both good and bad — in the Washington Post, New York Times, etc. Frankly, I must admit that I had a very
Month: August 2006
Israeli Soldiers & Politics
Sgt. Eran Perry, who lost his right leg above the knee, and Sgt. Evyatar Cohen, whose right hand is not functioning, spoke from the hospital on Israel Television late last week. This interview in Arutz Sheva will provide you with
Radical Moslems and Sovereign Nations
Mark Steyn makes interesting observations in this article in the Chicago Sun-Times: Lebanon is a sovereign state. It has an executive and a military. But its military has less sophisticated weaponry than Hezbollah and its executive wields less authority over
Technology Comes to Tennis
Many of you may be aware that tennis now has the line “challenge”. It allows a player to “incorrectly” challenge 2 calls per set (similar to football, it doesn’t take away one of the calls if the challenge is correct).
Cincinnati Tennis Masters Series – Update 2
We attended the quarterfinals in Mason yesterday evening and got the chance to watch an exciting match between Andy Roddick and Andy Murray. One son was rooting for “A-Rod” while the other was rooting for “A-Mur”… I was the guy
What is “New War”?
In “The Puzzle of New War” in TCS Daily, Dr. Michael Vlahos writes that all of the discussion about new types of war — asymmetrical war, unconventional war, 4th generation war, etc. — is really not about new methods of
Survey of Military Heroes & Technology
I just spent the last few days at a Department of Defense conference in Huntsville, Alabama, which provided me with the occasion to sit through presentations from a couple of American heroes. The first was Michael Durant, who was the
Strange War Logic
Daniel Pipes writes a very interesting article in FrontPage magazine… He contends that when the world’s mainstream media elected to take Hezbollah’s side in its war with Israel, the media inadvertently revealed a transformation in the logic of warfare. Since the
Hosted File Sharing
I’ve discovered a web site known as 4shared.com that provides free hosting of file sharing. The nice part about 4shared is that it’s user interface is very similar to Windows Explorer — i.e., hierarchical directories, file properties, searches, etc. It also
More Interesting Quotes
1. “The only difference between doctors and lawyers is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you, too.” (Anton Chekhov) 2. “It’s not the people who are in prison worry me. It’s the people who aren’t.”