1934 Plot by American Industrialists to Seize the White House Foiled by Marine General
This article was originally published on Atticus Mullikin’s Newsvine column. USMC General Smedley Butler, the most decorated Marine of his time, made allegations in 1934 that he had been approached by Wall Street financier Gerald MacGuire, representing some of the wealthiest businessmen in America, who wanted him to lead a 500,000 man force in a … Continue reading
What Duties Have Journalists
This article was originally published on the European Journalism Center’s Magazine section, and was republished on Atticus Mullikin’s Newsvine column. In a major world religions class in college, the teacher used the opening scenes of the secular film Jerry Maguire to introduce us to the concept of epiphany. For those who haven’t seen it, the … Continue reading
Media Democratization on the Battlefield II
This article was originally published on the European Journalism Center’s Magazine section, and was republished on Atticus Mullikin’s Newsvine column. It was with no small level of gratification that I noticed, last week, that the prestigious Poynter Institute published an E-Media Tidbit about Milblogging, and that milblogging was featured prominently in Salon’s We are the … Continue reading
Don’t Take Chocolate From the Right-Wing Media
This article was originally published on the European Journalism Center’s Magazine section, and was republished on Atticus Mullikin’s Newsvine column. I stumbled across a blog this week called MedienKritik: Politically Incorrect Observations in the German Media by David Kaspar and Ray Drake. It is a blog that intends to act as “…a watchdog site dedicated … Continue reading
Media democratization on the battlefield
This article was originally published on the European Journalism Center’s Magazine section, and was republished on Atticus Mullikin’s Newsvine column. Increasingly, US military personnel and people in war zones are talking about war from the inside. These testimonies, which would have been very difficult if not impossible before the information age, often offer a stark … Continue reading
Trust me. I’m objective!
This article was originally published on the European Journalism Center’s Magazine section, and was republished on Atticus Mullikin’s Newsvine column. That’s right. I’m objective. My capacity to sit down and write means that I have no biases, preconceptions, prejudices, politics or agendas. I arrived, fresh from Mars, to view the media landscape with complete and … Continue reading
Helping to revolutionize journalism
This article was originally published on the European Journalism Center’s Magazine section, and was republished on Atticus Mullikin’s Newsvine column. As I write this, I’m helping to revolutionize journalism. No, really! I am. I can take this article, paste it, link it and tag it on dozens of websites in view of millions of people. … Continue reading
Of anthems and European identity…
This article was originally published on here on AttiCusInk, but has been edited and migrated to my Newsvine column. It continues to amaze me how many Europeans do not realize the incredible position they’re in, or the things of which they are capable. The United States is in decline. My nation is being ripped apart … Continue reading
On the Beach in the arctic north
This article was originally published on here on AttiCusInk, but has been migrated to my Newsvine column. On the Beach was one of the few mandatory books I read in high school. As Nevil Shute’s radioactive, WWIII cloud crept towards Melbourne I felt, for the first time, the tension of imagining death as a real … Continue reading
No more than a theory
This article was originally published on here on AttiCusInk, but has been migrated to my Newsvine column. In February, 2006, MEP Caroline Lucas asked Andris Piebalgs about the European Commission’s strategy for dealing with peak oil production. Piebalgs responded by saying that peak oil production constitutes “no more than a theory” and stated that the … Continue reading
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