MEDIA ROOTS – In the glory days of Rome, Julius Caesar came to understand that the masses could be pacified so long as they had plenty of food to eat and games to entertain them. It is said that while barbarians crashed at the city gates, Romans sat mesmerized by the displays of gratuitous violence in the Coliseum. Rome, like … Read More
[The following is a response to the editor of Media Roots, re: the Wikileaks video showing journalists killed in Iraq] MEDIA ROOTS- What do you get for all the effort and risk involved to become an Army aviator? In the Apache video footage of the journalist massacre, US ground forces had already been engaged sporadically in that area earlier that … Read More
This is the first in a series of articles from a soldier’s perspective that I am writing for Media Roots. These articles will provide an inside look at the military, war, the players involved, and my own personal take on it all. While I’ll try not to overly indulge myself in biographical reverie, I feel it will be important for … Read More
