One cool thing about having a girlfriend fluent in German and that lived in Berlin for six months is that a large section of Berlin that is either unknown or inaccessible to tourists becomes accessible. Granted this freedom, one such place to visit is the old Stasi headquarters in the former “East German” section of … Continue reading
Ok, let’s start by you, dear reader, throwing out all of your preconceptions about Serbia – preconceptions undoubtedly fostered by a drumbeat of negative news reports from the 1990s depicting the Serbs as grim genocidaires… A news vacuum in regard to Serbia since that time has, unfortunately, done little to alter that bloodthirsty impression forged … Continue reading
To All The Girls – From Northrop Grumman, to the beaches of Termoli, to LAX, to the Chico College sorority houses, to the Brixton crack houses, to the Paris brat houses to the NYC banking houses, girls are non-stop complaining: “All the good guys are taken!” “It is so hard to meet a good man!” … Continue reading
With Peshawar in the news so much lately for everything from being the front lines in the struggle with militant Islam to suicide bombings to Blackwater operatives allegedly working out of the Pearl Continental for the Frontier Corps and for JSOC, I realized it was time to run a post on my experiences there. Peshawar … Continue reading
On a recent visit to the British Museum with my Italian interpreter, a temporary exhibition caught my eye. I share it below: The Tree of Life The four artists who created the Tree of Life are Adelino Serafim Mate, Fiel dos Santos, Hilario Nhatugueja and Christavao Canhavato (Kester). The Tree of Life is meant to … Continue reading
This may have happened some time ago, but it is never too late to tell a heroic tale is it? While visiting my sister (Julie), her husband (Duane), their kids (Duane Jr., Katelyn and Keith), et al on the tail end of the Southern Exposure Tour a story of epic dimensions unfolded – featuring questions … Continue reading
Assisted Regime Change: A Bright Future Ahead? By Justin Quentin Ames London, England Abstract for Assisted Regime Change: A Bright Future Ahead? This paper explores the world of the coup d’ etat, with a focus on Africa and the involvement of outside actors in particular. As such, after introducing this topic, I take the reader … Continue reading
The Velvet Rocket 