Year: 2003

  • Words of encouragement for a USAFA cadet

    A friend I know is the father of a USAFA cadet who is having a difficult time right now, these are some words of encouragement for her and others who may be in a similar place. Dear Cadet, My heart goes out to you as I heard tonight about the difficulties you are facing at…

  • Denver Post Sexual Harrassment Article: 17 Aug 2003

    Some thoughts on today’s Denver Post article, “A Culture of Hostility” Headlines in the Denver Post: “A Culture of Hostility: For 27 years the Air Force Academy has allowed female cadets in its ranks. The roots of the current sexual-assault problem are deeper still, a tangle of abused power and misplaced loyalties.” I am a…

  • Creative Commons and my legal use license of authored online works

    A free acceptable use license that I am using — Thanks Lawrence Lessig! I was surfing wired.com tonight and made a great discovery– let’s see if I can trace my virtual footprints here… I was reading the article “ITunes Music Swap Just Won’t Die” and found a link to boingboing.net (which I had never heard…

  • Photos from Baghdad, email from Central Asia

    Receiving email from close friends working in Baghdad and Georgia (in Central Asia) this week really drives home the reality of our GLOBAL VILLAGE… Last weekend I received an email from an Air Force Academy roommate, classmate and good friend. As an Air Force Reservist in OSI (The Office of Special Investigations) he is on…