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Belief: It’s Simply a Choice | Keith Boyea's Blog
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Keith Boyea's Blog. Notes and Commentary on National Security, Current Affairs and Bourbon. Belief: It’s Simply a Choice. But that really isn’t the point that came into question. My old friend was pushing back against the idea that there could be morality without a “transcendent anchor.” I disagree, obviously, but that’s what got me thinking about Kierkegaard. Some people prefer Jack Daniels, I prefer bourbon of course, but it’s their choice. October 12, 2012 at 9:29 am. John Brown's Notes and Essays.
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About | Keith Boyea's Blog
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Keith Boyea's Blog. Notes and Commentary on National Security, Current Affairs and Bourbon. I am an Air Force veteran. I spent some time in Afghanistan and Iraq, though I was a prototypical REMF. I was a contracting officer; I never saw combat or anything close. I read lots of blogs, and oftentimes I read about half a post and wonder what, exactly, is the point of the post I am reading. To try to avoid this, I am going to place the thesis of each point at the top of the post. If you read the very...You a...
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A Short Comment on “No Worse Enemy” | Keith Boyea's Blog
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Keith Boyea's Blog. Notes and Commentary on National Security, Current Affairs and Bourbon. A Short Comment on “No Worse Enemy”. I finished Ben Anderson’s No Worse Enemy. Last night and I wanted to offer a couple of comments. To close watchers of the Afghan war, this is hardly surprising. In fact, I had seen much of this reporting already in Anderson’s 2011 documentary “ The Battle for Bomb Alley. That delusion, I think, is remarkable. I’m Becker-ian in outlook. So, to make the connection–I think t...
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Identity, Responsibility and the Afghan War | Keith Boyea's Blog
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Keith Boyea's Blog. Notes and Commentary on National Security, Current Affairs and Bourbon. Identity, Responsibility and the Afghan War. As an aside on this point, coming up with great ideas or using ideas in a new way is one way to establish a legacy, or in Becker-ian terms, deny death. In that way, Nietzsche and Einstein live.). It seems to be they are engaged in a massive effort resulting in dividing their identities by zero. I’m inclined to say yes. Ideas have consequences. Ideas that a...Stop dividi...
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War & Identity | Keith Boyea's Blog
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Keith Boyea's Blog. Notes and Commentary on National Security, Current Affairs and Bourbon. Thesis: My identity died and was reborn in the crucible of my war experience. This post was originally written as a 3. Person, research type post. But since I had only one data point, me, I rewrote it as an autobiographical piece.*. In order to prove my thesis, I’ve got to give some biographical information, so please indulge the short life story. When I finally got to Iraq in 2005, after literally months of lobby...
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Hurricanes Sandy and Katrina and the Iraq War | Keith Boyea's Blog
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Keith Boyea's Blog. Notes and Commentary on National Security, Current Affairs and Bourbon. Hurricanes Sandy and Katrina and the Iraq War. It strikes me as odd that at this moment I’m living through my second class 1 hurricane since moving to Washington, DC in 2007. It might be that I didn’t know much, but I never thought Washington was much of a hurricane risk. Hurricane Sandy is blowing away outside as I type this. October 29, 2012 at 7:21 pm. Laquo; Belief: It’s Simply a Choice. What is the GOP Doing?
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Public Diplomacy and International Communications: The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Media
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Public Diplomacy and International Communications. Thoughts and comments about public diplomacy, soft power and international communications by Gary Rawnsley. Saturday, 9 May 2015. The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Media. I am delighted to announce the publication of. The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Media. Edited with Ming-Yeh Rawnsley. You can find links to the book here Routledge. Shooting ‘at a target that appears easy to focus on at first sight,. But is actually rather elusive’. Neither could we gr...
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manIC: Captain America
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The extremes of International Communication: Public, cultural and traditional diplomacy - in blog form. Sunday, July 31, 2011. In my ongoing pursuit of nonacademic entertainment, I went to see Captain America. Friday night and was pleasantly surprised. Longtime readers of this blog know that I love movies, both art. Though my expectations tend to be considerably lower for the latter category. Captain America. Starts out as Steve Rogers. That includes this guy. Doesn't delve into the murky grey areas of m...
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manIC: X-men and IR
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The extremes of International Communication: Public, cultural and traditional diplomacy - in blog form. Friday, June 10, 2011. In my continued quest of brainless summer fun, I joined some friends to watch X-men: First Class. Yesterday. Alas, the latest flick from the franchise proved more resistant to my quest for non-academic pursuits than my last foray. Maybe it was because I watched it with international relations scholars, or maybe because X-men. And the realistic Magneto. Posted by Laura McGinnis.
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Public Diplomacy and Student Exchanges: Archive trip day 7-8
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Public Diplomacy and Student Exchanges. Possibly the first study of the Fulbright Program to be conducted by someone who isn't affiliated with it in any way. Wednesday, 4 February 2015. Archive trip day 7-8. On Saturdays, the archives are open 10am-2pm, so I had a lovely short day of research followed by lunch at Popeye's and shopping. Whatever critics may say about globalization and cultural homogenization, I'm thrilled when I see certain brands that I miss come over. 8 February 2015 at 01:48. Three Oft...
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