Irritated this morning (or why Chris Hedges pisses me off)
About 2 days a week, I work from Cup a Joe Hillsborough in Raleigh, rather than driving all the way home after dropping my son off at school. This morning, I sat down at my…
Year: 2007
How podcasting and free content is changing the publishing landscape
There’s a great piece in this morning’s Broward-Palm Beach New Times about J.C. Hutchins, who has been podcasting his 7th Son series over at Podiobooks.com. The most important quote: sleep is for pussies. J.C. is…
Niagara Falls Reporter: Republic review
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist John Hanchette (named by Gannett as one of the top ten journalists of the last decade) has just written a truly wonderful review of Republic. Here’s some excerpts. You can check out…
Missing soldier’s wife faces deportation
Specialist Alex Jimenez, along with two other soldiers, was kidnapped by al-Qaeda in May. One of his fellow soldiers was later found dead, the other is still missing. In a video posted on the internet,…
Prayer at Rumayla selected as book of the month
The Podler Book Review today selected Prayer at Rumayla as the book of the month! Thank you!
Military increases restrictions on online communication
It’s unfortunate that as al-Qaeda and the iraqi insurgency have gone full swing into using youtube and other online networks to get their message out, the U.S. military is going into full retrenchment. The best…
Prayer at Rumayla earns spectacular review
A few weeks ago I submitted Prayer at Rumayla: A Novel of the Gulf War for review to the Podler, a book review blog. Last night the review came back, and it was far better than I…
What Does it Feel Like to Kill?
What does it feel like to kill? For some reason, that question’s been on my mind a lot lately. With Chris going off into the Marine Corps later this year, it came up at my…