Being a recounting of my journalistic ventures in Iraq
There’s a new batch of software in town: [MovableType 4](http://www.movabletype.org). So far, it’s very nice and in honor of the cleaned up code and new functionality, I’ll be changing Back to Iraq’s look and feel. This will be the third or fourth iteration of B2I through the years and it’s become a bit of a …
My first column for Spot-on.com, a syndication site, is available. I’ll be writing about — what else? — Beirut and the wider Middle East. I hope you guys enjoy it!
Hello all– I just wanted to remind y’all that I now do the U.S. media roundup/critique for IraqSlogger.com. Today’s offering has reports on Marines’ spin from Haditha and a depressing/charming story about a rooftop pool in Baghdad. Please “check it out”:http://www.iraqslogger.com/index.php/post/3311/US_Papers_Sun_Keeping_Cool_in_Baghdad.
I’m coming a bit late to this because of server problems, but it’s something that’s been bugging me about the whole Reid-Pace “competence” imbroglio. The question nagging at me is not who called whom incompetent or whether Reid was wrong or right to do so. I mean, Pace had just been fired, so Reid’s not …
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