Zakaria a plagiarist? You be the judge
Back in 2012 when Fareed Zakaria was caught quoting another author’s work without attribution (commonly referred to as plagiarism), his employers investigated and, for the most part, let him off the […]
ISIS or ISIL, they’re still just terrorists
I was finally able to remember that ISIS, the jihadist group that’s rolling through Iraq now, stands for Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Learned it well enough to type it without having […]
Crimea and the Clancy coincidence
Shades of Tom Clancy. The Russian Navy. The Cold War. The Cuban missile crisis. Putin. Ukraine. Sochi. Russian invasion. All running through my head this afternoon. Déjà vu, etc. Reports […]
Clancy’s inspiration for the Red October music/singing
I’ve no idea how the subject came up a few days ago when I was talking with my son. But suddenly he was telling me what Tom Clancy had told […]
LiveScience confuses facts in Colorado flood story
Until now I’ve had confidence in the online journal LiveScience. But a story I read there yesterday has left me with some serious doubts. It has several errors in it, […]
Brinkmanship or brinksmanship?
I heard it on TV again this morning. Someone said “brinkmanship.” In the same conversation, I also heard “brinksmanship.” That’s been the case for a month or so whenever media […]
Becoming Tom Clancy: My letters from Tom – Part 4 of 4
Tom Clancy, self-described "boy writer," recounts his life immediately before and after the publication of his first novel, "The Hunt for Red October."
Becoming Tom Clancy: My letters from Tom – Part 3 of 4
Tom Clancy, self-described "boy writer," recounts events immediately before and after the publication of his first novel, "The Hunt for Red October."
