The Terrorist Dilemma: A Talk to West Point Cadets
I was recently invited by Jarret Brachman, professor and head of research at West Point’s Center of Combating Terrorism, to give a talk to…
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I was recently invited by Jarret Brachman, professor and head of research at West Point’s Center of Combating Terrorism, to give a talk to…
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Reading and watching the news lately has inspired a few strategic tidbits I would like to share.
Force them off the negative: It is always…
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In Pimp by Iceberg Slim, almost the entire book is devoted to his life on the streets, to learning the game of pimping and…
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Read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 of the Russia essays.
I am a contrarian by nature. When I hear anyone espouse an idea…
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Read Part 1 and Part 2 of the Russia essays.
Several days into my trip, I had a meeting with Vladmir Zhirinovsky, one of…
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Read Part 1 of the Russia essays.
On the thirteen hour flight from Los Angeles to Moscow last month, I ignored the various entertainments…
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Almost everyone is drawn somehow to the exotic, whatever is most different to what they know. It is the root of many a seduction….
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I forgot something important that you must remember until you go six feet under…. There are only two kinds of people in the whole…
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A few weeks ago I gave a talk at a company convention in southern California. This company has offices worldwide, is very successful in…
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In 1984, I spent several months in Nicaragua, trying to write several articles on the war between the U.S.-backed contras and the Sandinistas. I…