In reading Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin’s War on America by David Corn and Michael Isikoff (authors of Hubris: The Inside Story of the Spin, Scandal and the Selling of the Iraq War), we find hiding between the prose — The Putin Doctrine. The Putin Doctrine is: use information warfare against enemy states to divide…
Category: Book Reviews
Curtis Armstrong: Growing up Nerd
Curtis Armstrong is one of those writers who managed to write a profound book and a behind the scenes look at Hollywood at the same time. I’m not sure the actor, famous for playing Dudley Dawson AKA “Booger” in the 80’s Revenge of the Nerds franchise (and more recently as the angel/scribe of God, Metatron…
Sometimes You Just Have to Say, ‘What the F*ck’: A Review of REVENGE OF THE NERD by Curtis Armstrong
For those who know him as the scheming angel, Metatron, from Supernatural, Curtis doesn’t disappoint. He offers up a whole chapter on his time playing opposite Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles. “I did really loved being on the CW’s smash hit Supernatural…
Preventing Disaster: A Review of WARNINGS: FINDING CASSANDRAS TO STOP CATASTROPHES by Richard Clarke and R.P. Eddy
To break it down, Clarke and Eddy explain, “…senior decision makers in governments and corporations…prefer something they can unpack, understand, and apply themselves.” So Clarke and Eddy prescribe examining four components 1) the warning 2) decision makers 3) possible Cassandra 4) critics.
