Failing again. Failing better.
Jacob N. Shapiro, author of THE TERRORIST’S DILEMMA: MANAGING VIOLENT COVERT ORGANIZATIONS, has written s smaller, summary article for Foreign Affairs about how terrorist leaders face a interesting dilemma: they must recruit violent, unstable people, and then convince them to follow orders, live undercover and simply, and only undertake missions of a certain scope and…
Fall is nearly upon us, and that means football season is right around the corner. And that means I am getting ready to officiate more high school, middle school, and rec league football games. And, unfortunately, today’s scrimmage/training is very far away and earlier than normal. So I had to cram a day’s worth of…
Here I am, writing new articles, researching new jobs, and generally running around like a crazy person. What is Scotch doing? Just enjoying the warm tile in the sun room. And what happens when I walk up to take a pic? He glares at me like I’m the jerk. I mean, it’s not like I…
Sorry for the late post today. It was mega errand day, medical exams for me and picking up meds for my dog. And then there were the various odds and ends. Anyway, enough about my boring day. Back to the good stuff. First, Mur Lafferty (Twitter) put out another episode of her “I Should Be…