The BBC provides some sad commentary on how Donald Rumsfeld undermined American soldiers who tried to protect their country: When the accused soldiers were finally removed from the base, [Joe Darby] thought his troubles were over. And then he was sitting in a crowded Iraqi canteen with hundreds of soldiers and Donald Rumsfeld came on … Continue reading The Story of an Abu Ghraib Witness
Hard to understand how large stockpiles of explosives were left available to insurgents since the US invaded Iraq under the pretense of searching and securing access to weapons. This is not new information, but just the sad reality that Rumsfeld’s incompetence is now unmistakable: “The ground force in Iraq had not foreseen this threat in … Continue reading Sobering Data on IEDs and Blackwater
The paper copy of the San Francisco Chronicle had a very different headline from the online version, but in either case the message seems to be the same. Surveillance cameras are useless if they are not supported properly by an enforcement system. Larsen said the Housing Authority wants to pay staff to monitor the cameras … Continue reading Problems with San Francisco Surveillance
The NYT reveals that many successful business leaders are avid readers, and writers, of poetry. No surprise there. However, they correlate this love to the want of books, and then to the need for libraries. One could almost use this tortured logic to say the people who house the largest collection of books are likely … Continue reading Poetry speaks to CEOs