Abraham Lincoln On Keeping One’s Mouth Shut – The Current Presidential Race

The summer presidential election serge is over and some of the GOP candidates have made great headway particularly since the debate on September 16, 2015. In the September 28, 2015 NBC/Wall Street Journal latest polls there is a great deal to reflect upon. That poll predicts that in the general election Donald Trump would lose …

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Subtle Culture Shifts in Perceptions as Critical to War 2.0 and to Domestic Policing

My class is studying irregular warfare and we have begun reading Thomas Rid and Marc Hecker's book War 2.0: Irregular Warfare in the Information Age. I also highly recommend James Der Derian's work. Particularly his book Virtuous Wars and his essay collection Critical Practices in International Theory. Professor Der Derian is the Director of the …

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