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In ‘War Made New,’ noted defense historian Max Boot runs through 500 years of battle to show that victory goes to the combatant who had digested and incorporated not just the latest weapon technology, but also the culture and bureaucracy most adept at exploiting this technology.
In other words, it’s not just the latest, greatest military [...]

Continued our Twitter experiment at WKYC.com with two live “remotes” this week.
Tuesday, Web Reporter Kim Wendel posted 73 tweets at the Obama town hall / rally at BW. They are re-posted at the bottom of this story.
After increasing the number of people we follow from 51 on Monday to 530+ on Tuesday, we saw [...]

A repost from Eric Mansfield’s …
Soundbite from the Akron Mayor’s news conference Wednesday, talking about the possible consolidation of Akron Police and the Sheriff’s Office for operations that Eric wrote about here …

I wonder how long before news of the CBS cuts makes every reporter realize they need a blog. I certainly need [...]

So, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are costing $16 billion per month (Source), at the same time, society has decided that “If the news is that important, it will find me.”
As Terry Heaton points out, this means it’s up to media to find news consumers.
I guess that $16 billion a month news hasn’t found [...]

Colbert reports on why he is a great American Finally, a reason to read again.
Live-action Robotech in the works Awesome.
Nukes for Iran Not awesome.

Lentine’s Music closing its doors
Though it’s been about 10 years since I lusted after guitars and guitar gear, I still remember the fun of wasting hours plucking away at Lentine’s.
It’s the store that introduced me to the “Eddie Van Salesman” type: The long-haired sales assistant who wanted nothing more then to be asked “What [...]

Marketplace had a story last week about the fact that Buicks are the premier car in China.
Hot damn, my 2002 Buick Land Boat is cool somewhere!

The wii news channel looks like a creative use of graphical prowess to display news. They need to add a weather channel — I’d love to zoom around the globe, in and out of cute, nintendo storm clouds.
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