Summary: In this chapter of our search for a better America we examine our stories and myths. Do they show a path to the future — inspiring us to act — or are they just dreams of salvation by gods? {1st of 2 posts today.} Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and …
Why don’t our dreams of a better world inspire us to act? Read More »
Summary: We loved Tom Clancy’s fiction because it gave a realistic gloss to our myths about ourselves, about America, and about our military and intel agencies. Unfortunately millions of his readers believed they were seeing an accurate picture. In fact Clancy got the details right, but most of the big things totally wrong. Gorbachev was …
Tom Clancy, manufacturer of myths that kept us happy & ignorant Read More »
A fascinating development of the Iraq War are the “war bloggers”, like Michael Yon and Bill Roggio, providing disintermediated news — non-journalists reporting directly from Iraq. Free from the commercial and political entanglements of the major media, war bloggers can precisely target their audience. Many of them report events using the narrative that brought Tom Clancy fame and fortune. It …
