First of the New Year!<\/p>\n
Top Blling!<\/strong> Smith-Mundt Symposium on January 13 <\/a>organized by blogfriend Matt<\/strong> at Mountainrunner<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n As most of you know, Matt has become the “go to” guy in and out of the blogosphere\u00a0on fixing America’s broken public diplomacy. This conference has attracted a high level of attention already and I look forward to reading reports of the discussions.<\/p>\n Classic! Presto Vivace<\/strong> – Bob Somerby talks about journalism, comedy and The Daily Howler <\/a><\/p>\n PV<\/strong> introduced me to The Daily Howler<\/strong> <\/a>today on Twitter<\/a><\/strong>. Reminded me a little of the War Nerd<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Catholicgauze<\/strong> –Atlas of True Names and Interview with the Cartographe<\/a><\/p>\n I love this Atlas of True Names<\/em><\/strong> concept ( hat tip TDAXP<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n SWJ Blog<\/strong> – Stone-Cold Robot Killers<\/a>\u00a0and Book Review — Africa’s World War<\/a><\/p>\n The first is fun the second not so much.<\/p>\n Fabius Maximus<\/strong> –More about pirates: why we no longer “hang them\u00a0high”<\/a><\/p>\n Everyone loves pirate posts. Garrr !<\/p>\n Selil<\/strong> – Social networks, events, entities, actors, actions<\/a>\u00a0and The government bubble and the short vision horizon<\/a><\/p>\n Sam, a fountainhead of good PDFs lately,\u00a0rants a bit in the second<\/p>\n Progressive Historians<\/strong> – Jeremy<\/strong> has a Nixonian moment<\/a><\/p>\n Pocket Cocktails<\/strong> – Hunter S. Thompson Motivational Posters<\/a><\/p>\n