Baltimore Sun June 6, 2012 Pg. 18 Our view: Computer viruses may have slowed Iran's drive for a bomb, but the U.S. is vulnerable to similar attacks Reports that the U.S. and Israel have tried repeatedly over the years to derailIran's nuclear weapons program by using malicious computer codes to cause machines at the country's …
Wanted: New Planes By F. Whitten Peters and Michael W. Wynne
Washington Times June 4, 2012 Pg. B3 Aging Air Force infrastructure impacts readiness The U.S. Air Force celebrates the 50th birthday of its youngest B-52 Stratofortress this year. This historic warrior and its counterparts predate the Cuban missile crisis, Vietnam War and Neil Armstrong's first steps on the moon. The fathers and grandfathers of today's …
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13 Ways of Looking at a Leader by Leigh Buchanan
view original / inc.com Want to be a better leader? Or find management inspiration, at least? Here you can learn from a baker's dozen of the most prevalent types. Our endless fascination with leadership has inspired an endless parade of leadership books, many of which strive to identify distinctive styles of top-doggery. Whether CEOs can learn to …
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Politics of ‘Star Trek’: The Pro-Vietnam War Episode by Andrew Price
breitbart.com / view original Would it surprise you to know ‘Star Trek’ did a pro-Vietnam War episode? Prepare to be amazed as we continue our journey through the conservative world that is ‘Star Trek’ the original series with Episode 45: “A Private Little War.” The Plot This week, the Enterprise visits the planet Neural in the Zeta Bootis System, …
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Drone One Force by Christina Lamb
London Sunday Times June 3, 2012 Pg. 15 Drone One Force Obama was elected to end wars, but to defeat Al-Qaeda he has deployed a squadron of silent killers, writes Christina Lamb President Barack Obama welcomed George W Bush back to the White House on Thursday for the unveiling of his predecessor's official portrait. Bush …
The Perils Of Intervention In Syria By Henry A. Kissinger
Washington Post June 3, 2012 Pg. 19 The Arab Spring is generally discussed in terms of the prospects for democracy. Equally significant is the increasing appeal — most recently in Syria — of outside intervention to bring about regime change, overturning prevalent notions of international order. The modern concept of world order arose in 1648 …
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Mutually Assured Cyberdestruction? By David E. Sanger
New York Times June 3, 2012 Pg. SR4 News Analysis Washington--IT took years after the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima for the nation to develop a common national understanding of when and how to use a weapon of such magnitude. Not until after the Cuban Missile Crisis, 50 years ago this October, …
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The Influencers
Influence may be the highest level of human skills. -Author Unknown by J. William DeMarco Stepping into a job where you might feel overwhelmed by the shear number of people that you are responsible for? I can relate. When I first stepped into my current position, I did not know anyone, I was new to …
Battleship Earth: Does the Pentagon have the right weapons to fight off an alien invasion?
ForeignPolicy.com May 30, 2012 By Cara Parks and Joshua E. Keating As summer blockbuster season kicks into high gear, big-budget action movies like The Avengers, Battleship, and Prometheus remind us that there's one thing that unites Americans: Our shared fear of an alien attack. They also remind us that when the invading space fleet arrives, …
6 Leadership Styles, And When You Should Use Them by Robyn Benincasa
fastcompany.com / view original Taking a team from ordinary to extraordinary means understanding and embracing the difference between management and leadership. According to writer and consultant Peter Drucker, "Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things." Manager and leader are two completely different roles, although we often use the terms interchangeably. Managers are facilitators of their team …
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