The administration's business plan for this war seems to need a serious overhaul: the ethics of its marketing plan are in question, its projects and initiatives are failing, and its strategy for its human resources (that they should be able to go back into battle after being exposed to several concussive blasts, any of which could have a devastating impact on the brain, for example) is seriously problematic.
The War at Home
Grannies, part II
Submitted by Amy M. Becker on April 28, 2006 - 4:51pm. The War at HomeThe granny protest angle worked.
Money money, money
Submitted by Amy M. Becker on April 28, 2006 - 4:28pm. The War at HomeA Tigris oil pipeline project is out of the hands of KBR and into the hands of a joint venture between Parsons Corporation and an Australian company, but this doesn’t seem to solve the fundamental problems of the way we planned for this war and the way we expect to pay for it.
Definitions of loyalty, definitions of us
Submitted by Amy M. Becker on April 28, 2006 - 3:46pm. The War at HomeThe war at home, right now, is about competing American narratives - the stories we tell ourselves about who we are as a nation - and what it means to have soldiers dying for a narrative that you don’t believe in.
Grannies and gravity
Submitted by Amy M. Becker on April 24, 2006 - 12:57am. The War at HomeIt's tough to take potshots at grannies - which may be why the Granny Peace Brigade has the chance to bring a little gravity back to the nature of protest.
The heat is on
Submitted by Amy M. Becker on April 23, 2006 - 8:22pm. The War at HomeThe Republicans are worried and the Democrats are playing avoidance games...who is going to come up with any sort of alternative strategy to the administration's current war agenda?
Wisconsin war referendum
Submitted by Amy M. Becker on April 3, 2006 - 11:17pm. The War at HomeToday, some Wisconsin voters will see a referendum on their ballots calling for the U.S. to bring home troops from Iraq.
Guess that pitch
Submitted by Amy M. Becker on March 23, 2006 - 3:53pm. The War at HomeMore predictions on upcoming Iraq war movies.
(A Very) Special Report
Submitted by Amy M. Becker on March 20, 2006 - 5:21pm. The War at HomeWhich online information source has best captured the poignant and bittersweet moments of our third anniversary in Iraq? The awards are in.....
Capturing the War
Submitted by Amy M. Becker on March 19, 2006 - 7:42pm. The War at HomeSoldier-filmed documentaries and soldier blogs on The New York Times website mark a new hybrid of war-information-gathering.
Awww mom....just let me join
Submitted by Amy M. Becker on March 7, 2006 - 2:16am. The War at HomeIt's not just on college campuses - secondary schools are required to give military recruiters student contact information under NCLB.
Duckworth convinces the blogosphere (but what about her district?)
Submitted by Amy M. Becker on February 28, 2006 - 3:59pm. The War at HomeAre Tammy Duckworth's fundraising stats an indication that she's out of touch with her district?
Broadcast Yourself - Excerpts from Iraq
Submitted by Amy M. Becker on February 28, 2006 - 3:49pm. The War at HomeFor a war that has been obsessively filtered through a PR lens, some of the images found on YouTube.com may be the best we can get of life on the ground, filtered only through each creator’s understanding of his/her experience.
Paul Hackett out of Ohio Senate race
Submitted by Amy M. Becker on February 18, 2006 - 11:57am. The War at HomePaul Hackett was the FightingDem's posterboy. What does the end of his campaign herald for the movement?
Pink feathers and cold showers: a note on war pornography
Submitted by Amy M. Becker on February 18, 2006 - 10:36am. The War at HomeWhat role will Samuel L. Jackson and 50 Cent vehicle Home of the Brave play in the genre of the war film?
