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Gentile’s Peeking Behind The Surge IO
I like Col. Gentile, because he shakes up the state of the COIN school of thought. He wants to continue the conversation, the dialectic engine, instead of letting it ossify and die. (Far too many seem to think “we got … Continue reading
James Fallows on Boyd 08
Snazzy. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
Virtual Corporations!
Very, very cool. It is one thing to talk about the “virtual corporation” and online commons as new organizational forms. It’s quite another to have those forms be legally recognized. Yet in a little-noticed law enacted in June 2008, the … Continue reading
Torture
I’m against it because it doesn’t work. Here’s a pretty good read on what does. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
Mexican Gangs Kidnap Kidnapping Expert
NYT – The consultant, Felix Batista, 55, was in Saltillo offering security seminars for area business owners when he was abducted by a group of armed men. He had arrived on Dec. 6 and had given his two seminars on … Continue reading

