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By John Ballard

I haven't read it yet but this is a snip from my next reading assignment. I'm posting as I wait for the printer to finish eleven pages.
H/T Maggie Mahar's blog. Looks like pretty good content.

Followup later: It's an excellent article. Recommended reading. Notes and comments after [...]

Faith and Family Film Review: The Men Who Stare at Goats
By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting

The Men Who Stare at Goats—Fact-based satire, set during the early stages of the Iraq War, in which an eccentric military veteran (George Clooney) regales a reporter [...]

Rep James Clyburn (D-SC) was asked today how the votes were coming on the House version of Health Care Reform. He said things were working out well, and when asked if there had been any changes in the situation he responded, "Well, we picked up two votes today." Those two [...]

Laurel Nakadate, "Exorcism in January"

PICA, PSU, Reed, et al present Laurel Nakadate for next week's PMMNLS. Nakadate is a photographer, video artist and filmmaker. Her work has been exhibited at P.S.1/MoMA, The Yerba Buena, The Getty Museum, and The Reina Sofia. In 2009, her first feature film, [...]

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By Steve Hynd

In a new interview with German mag Der Spiegel out today, Obama's National Security Adviser, Gen. James L. Jones, is sounding skeptical about the McChrystal escalation request for extra troops in Afghanistan. He says, dismissively, that "generals always ask for more troops".

SPIEGEL: The Obama administration is reviewing [...]