I have been thinking a lot about the 2 conventions we have witnessed in the past 2 weeks. There are some interesting differences and there are some troubling differences. I noticed that the DNC made a point to honor each…
High density gardening: Food supply resiliency in suburbia
This year my spousal accessory unit and I have been engaged in a limited trial of upside down gardening. Three varieties of tomato plants (grape, celebrity, big boy) were planted in late May (late planting to be sure). The planters…
Web 1.0 through 4.0 or community to society
A quick point to define some ideas looking at Web 2.0 and the possibility that somebody could win an election based on a complete Web 2.0 effort. Hat tip to HOTS for bringing up the topic. My opinion is that…
New to the Blogroll and long over due “Information Dissemination”
Long over due this excellently written blog is added for the substantive analysis and original content. I keep sending links out to professional sailors and navy types and I realized they weren’t on my blogroll and that was remedied tonight. …
Review and commentary: Blog Wars by David D. Perlmutter
The changes of media and communication theory inherent in the adoption of new technologies is not without some risk. Whether considering the technologically disenfranchised or the possible empowered individual technology has it’s impacts. Perlmutter quickly lays out a case…
Our Crumbling Infrastructure: How the Aging of America’s Infrastructure is a Homeland Security Concern
Abstract Americans are an automotive nation. We celebrate our cars and we revel in the freedom of the open road. Much of this car culture is due to our extensive network of interstate highways and bridges that cris-cross the nation…
Asymmetric warfare: A research agenda looking at epistemological based or not
Introduction There is an almost injudicious love of science by the military academic community. Within the deep reaches of the Pentagon and the service schools and academies there is an intellectual reach and lust for the trapping of academia. I…
Lessons in writing: Tools, techniques, methods for writing
There are a lot of writing tools, methods, books, and in general help on the Internet. The Online Writing Laboratory at Purdue is linked to by many schools as it so helpful. But, this little post isn’t about that. It…
The Socratic compass: Giving students directions not answers
I was recently told that there was no place in the world of the academy, in the University, for the Socratic philosophizing of grey haired intellectuals. There is no room in a curriculum filled and brimming with Bloom learning objectives,…
House committee moves to censor and circumscribe representative to constituent communcation
United States Government House of Representative seeks to close, restrict, and disenfranchise the American public access to their representatives. In a move that blatantly exposes the absolute totalitarian nature that American agencies are willing to use in efforts to shut…
On criticism of “Violence: A micro-sociological theory by Randall Collins”
Abstract Randall Collins in “Violence” makes the tragic mistake of relying heavily on S.L.A. Marshall and the many scholars of Marshall. The interviewing technique of S.L.A. Marshall and the evidence he collected was not without criticism or challenge. The soldiers…
What are the tactical and strategic implications of an economic downturn/recession/depression?
If you were a general sitting in the Pentagon it is doubtful you would be concerned about refugees from the largest economic destabilization in recent history, the substantial number of people who are homeless from a foreclosure “market”, and the…
The Internets meets its match in search of a hitch
So, I’m a reasonable individual. I make fair money, I live a great life, my family is healthy, and my community is filled with good people. I am a socially sophisticated, highly trained, wired, enabled, savvy, powerful, user of the…
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How I learned to love the bomb: Why bad science fiction informs Department of Homeland Security policy
Watch enough bad science fiction and you can tell that science fiction as a genre has often used specific plot devices to grapple with current fears of the public. Even the Department of Homeland Security realizes the worth of looking…