Journalist Mark Boal worked with bomb squads in Iraq in 2004. He later published a piece in Playboy about Sgt. Jeffrey Sarver, a bomb disposal…
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The Role of Social Media in the Egyptian Protests By Mimi Niggel For the people of Tunisia, it started with word spreading online and in…
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The world braces itself for new technological weapons By Shaza Elsheshtawy In July 2010 news broke out of a vicious, complex computer worm –Stuxnet—infecting staff…
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MilitarizationUpfront
The American Population Is Disconnected from War (Part 1)
by Kyle Allen March 2, 2011How we choose apathy over awareness about international conflict By Kyle Allen When the average American young adult walks down the street, they have a…
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Just a few minutes’ walk from the College Avenue parking lot, I stumbled upon Mexeo, fit tightly in a building at the end of Dryden…
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MilitarizationSawdust
Sgt. Pepper Sick of Lonely Heart, Joins match.com
by Alex Palombo March 2, 2011By Alex Palombo After being single since 1967, Sgt. Simon Pepper has announced via his Twitter (@Sgt_Pepper) that he is tired of being a lonely…
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Sexual identities and the guise of equality in the military By Chris Zivalich The recent repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell” was lauded by progressives,…
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The Film Liaison Office is a branch of the Department of Defense that serves as a link between the Pentagon and Hollywood. To ensure positive…
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MilitarizationUpfront
The American Population is Disconnected from War (2)
by Shaun Poust March 2, 2011Why overcoming our apathy about conflicts abroad is impossible By Shaun Poust In 1991, French thinker Jean Baudrillard published a collection of essays on the…
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Celebrities continue to give their opinions on politics and war By Francesca Toscano Celebrities are reliable sources for a variety of topics, such as beauty,…