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  • My Interview With Norman Finkelstein March 6, 2009
    This is a transcript of an interview with Norman Finkelstein last November, which was conducted by Atticus Mullikin and arranged and filmed by Bernd Kapeller, Associate Producer at the European Journalism Centre. The video was recorded following Mr. […]
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  • Comment Deletion Policy March 6, 2009
    In order to more effectively and consistently moderate my own discussion forums, this Comment Deletion Policy will apply to all visitors to my column. Visitors will see a disclaimer among the first comments on my posts that includes a link to this page. […]
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  • How home became homeland September 8, 2008
    Roger Cohen laments what the American nation is quickly becoming, and what it could have been. Whatever happened to Lincoln's "last, best hope?" […]
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  • Bush wants to redeclare war in time for the election. August 30, 2008
    Tucked deep into a recent proposal from the Bush administration is a provision that has received almost no public attention, yet in many ways captures one of President Bush's defining legacies: an affirmation that the United States is still at war with Al Qaeda. […]
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  • Conservative Andrew Bacevich on the End of American Exceptionalism August 29, 2008
    Conservative professor of history and international relations at Boston University and twenty-three year veteran of the US Army, Andrew Bacevich, speaks with Amy Goodman about his new book The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism. A quote from the interview: […]
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  • Jon Stewart rips media's false sense of urgency August 27, 2008
    Case in point: the recent sniping between the presidential campaigns after presumptive GOP nominee Sen. John McCain couldn't remember how many houses he owned. As Stewart watched the campaigns trade attack ads over the comment, he said he thought of President Franklin D. […]
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  • "Contemporary Energy and Military Policies Virtually Indistinguishable" August 26, 2008
    A new documentary based on the work of Professor Michael Klare reveals the inextricable link between American foreign policy and energy supply over recent decades. The following is a synopsis of the film from the website. […]
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  • Taking Issue With "Why We Fight": A Reaction From the Author August 25, 2008
    WARNING. This is as long as the original article, as I wanted to be as thorough as possible. However, everything is organized under convenient subtitles, so you don't have to read the whole thing if you don't want to. -------------------- […]
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  • Ron Suskind says Iraq Intel Forged August 24, 2008
    Terry Gross interview's Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind on his allegations that the head of Iraqi intelligence told the British there were no weapons of mass destruction prior to the invasion of Iraq. […]
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  • Why We Fight...Conservatism: A META, Meta-article August 15, 2008
    *SEPTEMBER 8TH UPDATED DISCLAIMER & WARNING* "Why We Fight" in the title of this article refers to a series of propaganda films made by Frank Capra during the Second World War, which you can link to via my Recommendations. […]
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This article was originally published on the European Journalism Center’s Magazine section, and was republished on Atticus Mullikin’s Newsvine column.

In a major world religions class in college, the teacher used the opening scenes of the secular film Jerry Maguire to introduce us to the concept of epiphany. For those who haven’t seen it, the protagonist, Maguire, begins as a rich and successful sports agent, aggressively pursuing clients, all smiles and pretence and talk. After he tries to convince the son of a client that the kid’s father should keep playing sports despite four concussions, he asks himself, “Who had I become? Just another shark in suit?” He breaks down in a hotel room and writes a mission statement for his company that proscribes less clients, less money, and more attention to the people his firm represents – in essence, ethical business. The epiphanic moment – and the reason our teacher showed us the clip – was when Maguire finishes his mission statement and realizes, “Suddenly, I was my father’s son again.”

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This article was originally published on the European Journalism Center’s Magazine section, and was republished on Atticus Mullikin’s Newsvine column.

It was with no small level of gratification that I noticed, last week, that the prestigious Poynter Institute published an E-Media Tidbit about Milblogging, and that milblogging was featured prominently in Salon’s We are the Thought Police. With such good company it seems only reasonable to keep up my own commentary.

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