My son Christopher graduates next month with a Bachelor’s degree in Archaeology. I think that this happened because we made him a sandbox as a child, and he seemingly has not grown out of it, as most of us do after age 8. Only now he is more geeky. So instead of digging for plastic soldiers and banana peels in the sand, he looks for shards (pieces of pottery, I’m told), and sherds (pieces of glass) on Caribbean islands. …
Month: April 2010
What’s the Difference between Police and Military Action?
I think that there is a difference between the nature of policing and the military rooted in the nature of legitimacy. But does the US government in fighting in Afghanistan really understand this too? See the discussion at CurrentIntelligence.net, where I posted “Differentiating Between Police and Military Action.” Find out what Timothy McVeigh, Eric Rudolph, the DC sniper, and the Unabomber all have in common.
Tony Waters is czar and editor of Ethnography.com.
New Magazine of Current Events, with an International Bent: Current Intelligence.net
Mike Innes, who has written books and articles about security issues, and worked in places including Afghanistan, Bosnia, Belgium, and Kosovo. He alsoworked for NATO for seven years, and his written books, chapters and articles about strategic defense issues. But now, he is also the founding editor of a new magazine, Current Intelligence, at www.currentintelligence.net. Current Intelligence is a magazine of current events, broadly put. Updates will be daily, but also grouped into monthly electronic issues. …
American Anthropological Association dissolves, decides to start over tomorrow.
APG Newswire WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Anthropological Association (AAA) made the announcement today that its Joint Committee for Publishing and Employment Services unanimously recommended the immediate dissolution of the AAA, stating there was nothing left to study.
James Curry, the newly-past President of the now defunct AAA, stated the organization had no choice. “Look, it’s all been done. All of it. We have talked to every god forsaken group on the planet, and there is nothing left to study.”…