I may be the only person under the age of 30 who supports the RIAA suing students who “shared” music from their computers. The cases filed don’t deal with those people who burn or e-mail a song here and there for a friend. In the case filed in Michigan, the RIAA claims a […]
Eric Olson of Blogcritics.org fame is weblogging for fun and profit. Hello, Journal Sentinel guys, I’m your man. I usually disagree with your editorial page, but so does your best talk radio host (and unlike his, my weblog actually has links).
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Army and Marine troops are now in Baghdad, and the Brits are patiently surrounding Basra waiting out Ba’ath Party members and paramilitaries (who want to surrender). But other than the destruction of an al-Qaeda-associated terrorist camp, little news has come from north of Iraq. From reports I’ve gone through there isn’t even a […]
CNN’s medical reporter, Sanjay Gupta, crossed the line from journalist to getting his hands bloody in order to save a child’s life. Gupta performed brain surgery on an Iraqi child. The boy didn’t make it, but he wouldn’t have had a chance if Gupta try.
“CNN Medical Correspondent Operates on Iraqi Child” [via Drudge]
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This AP story looks into how the Allies might use the Saddam International Airport. If the plan is to isolate Baghdad or to attack the city, the airport will make a good place to bring in supplies (both military and humanitarian) and to launch strikes into the city. As a way to resupply […]
Despite 90-100 degree temperatures, allied forces moved to within 10 miles of Baghdad’s city center. Troops are already trying to secure Saddam Huessein International airport.
It’s no surprise that with the good news, stocks went up.
To catch up with the war, The Washington Post has a good summary of today’s events.
And to keep up with […]
Jennifer, if you need a shoulder to cry on, come my way.
“Jennifer Garner, Hubby Split”
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If Japan is any indication, it could take years to determine the extent of Saddam’s ABC weapons programs.
“Hirohito’s Nukes“
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Now that Allied (U.S.) forces are on the move once again, the press coverage is favorable. This USA Today story starts out like this:
War planners and government leaders in the USA and Britain made two key assumptions about a war here — the Iraqi regular army wouldn’t put up much of a fight and […]
On Tuesday, Pete Karas was elected to Racine, WI’s city council. Karas now isn’t just a weblogger who was running for office, he’s now a weblogger in office. It will be interesting to see how much he’ll post and what, if anything, about the internal politics of a mid-sized city.
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If Michael Kelly’s assessment of the 3rd Infantry Division’s kill ratio is correct (1000 Iraqi soldiers killed to 2 U.S.) and similar across the country, this war may be the most lop-sided in history. Kelly writes,
As Col. William Grimsley, commander of the division’s 1st Brigade, put it, the Iraqis have not so much attacked […]
If, instead of broad accusations of racism, policy-makers accepted Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s “hard facts” on the collapse of the Black family, millions might not have had to endure the social and economic hardships of broken families.
“Moynihan was Prescient, but Pilloried for Facing Hard Facts” [via SCSUScholars]
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From Television Week:
Under the USA Patriot Act, passed a month after the 9/11 terrorist attack, the feds can force a noncable TV operator to disclose every show you have watched. The government just has to say that the request is related to a terrorism investigation, said Jay Stanley, a technology expert for the American Civil […]
John Keegan gives his opinion of how well the allied forces are doing in Iraq:
In a conventional military environment, not so heavily influenced by the surveillance of the media, any commanding general might reckon the campaign had made highly satisfactory progress so far. It has secured most of the territory and facilities over which it […]
