Tag Archives: Chuck Hagel nomination

hearing out hagel: dispositions to hysteria

Chuck Hagel has not done well in his confirmation hearing. No secret here. From “containment” on Iran, to any alleged piece of dust that could be linked with him, the anti-Hagel lobby had the knives out and a shark swimming … Continue reading

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MIA: infrastructure under the radar

….If anyone sees a missing building, please report it to the administration immediately.” Sound like a camp-wide megaphone public address from Robert Altman’s MASH movie of 1970. Irony and absurdity combined in that strange and often contradictory relationship between military … Continue reading

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