http://www.thirdeyemag.com Using Creativity to Build Better Communities Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:03:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/essays/our-son-the-soldier/ http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/essays/our-son-the-soldier/#comments Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:32:37 +0000 Gregory Roll http://www.thirdeyemag.com/?p=274 A miserable March day, overcast and cold, rain spit on our faces. Parents, spouses, and children all locked in the same nightmare, a bad dream, an insanity sending men and women off to war but somehow we agreed to let this thing happen. Behind our kids, behind our soldiers standing at attention, there is a graveyard. I am not amused by the irony; I am a part of it. This was the first day of what would be a God-awful fifteen months. On Mother’s Day, two months later, our son the soldier and his National Guard unit deployed to Iraq. ]]> http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/essays/our-son-the-soldier/feed/ 0 http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/essays/war_is_entertainment/ http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/essays/war_is_entertainment/#comments Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:33:16 +0000 Jason Glover http://www.thirdeyemag.com/wordpress/2007/07/04/war_is_entertainment/ When George W. Bush hitched a ride on a Navy S-3B Viking and landed on the USS Abraham Lincoln to declare an end to major combat operations in Iraq, there was more at work than just slick PR. Bush, who was visibly thrilled by the experience, enabled the American public to vicariously share in the excitement of an aircraft carrier landing. All around the country, viewing audiences reveled in his machismo display of technology. […]]]> http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/essays/war_is_entertainment/feed/ 0 http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/an-objective-report/ http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/an-objective-report/#comments Wed, 04 Jul 2007 08:03:04 +0000 Les Beldo http://www.thirdeyemag.com/wordpress/2007/07/04/an-objective-report/ Three primates died today while traveling in a motorized vehicle in an arid region between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers. Although we can state nothing with absolute certainty, the three “humans” — basically hairless, cognitively advanced monkeys with a striking genetic similarity to the common chimpanzee — were most likely killed by some sort of explosive device as it incinerated the vehicle beneath them. Over six thousand miles away, another primate of the same species claimed that those killed were members of a group he called “The United States Army.” Upon further investigation, membership in this “army” is marked chiefly by clothing, as well as by certain behavioral traits. The exact purpose of the army’s presence in the region, called “Iraq” by some, is under fierce debate.]]> http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/an-objective-report/feed/ 0 http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/hiding-in-the-center/ http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/hiding-in-the-center/#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2007 19:32:32 +0000 Steve Morse http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/hiding-in-the-center/ The Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing in February on whether certain civilian officials in the Pentagon manipulated intelligence to support the Administration’s decision to go to war against Iraq four years ago. At the end of the hearing, the committee’s new chairman, Senator Carl Levin, wagged his finger at the Pentagon’s Inspector General, calling the report the most "devastating" he’d seen in his Senate career. Levin, it seemed, hadn’t been quite steamed about anything in a while – including the President’s recent unveiling of the troop “surge.” [...]]]> http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/hiding-in-the-center/feed/ 0 http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/a-bull-in-a-china-shop/ http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/a-bull-in-a-china-shop/#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2007 19:18:42 +0000 Marian Kromkowski http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/a-bull-in-a-china-shop/ Last November, many Americans were celebrating the new Democratic majority in the House and Senate. Outrage and concern over the Iraq War had forced Democratic and Republican candidates to address not only the government’s decision to go to war, but also the handling of the war since 2003. More often than not, candidates who advocated a change in course were elected. These results clearly challenged the Bush administration policy of “staying the course.” But rather than heeding the voice of the people, on Jan. 11 President Bush dismissed overwhelming disapproval of the war, ignored military advisors' skepticism over a “surge” in forces, and announced an increase of 21,500 troops in Iraq.[...]]]> http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/a-bull-in-a-china-shop/feed/ 0 http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/essays/the-true-cost-of-war/ http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/essays/the-true-cost-of-war/#comments Tue, 04 Jul 2006 05:57:25 +0000 Les Beldo http://www.thirdeyemag.com/wordpress/2007/10/17/the-true-cost-of-war/ A grim milestone was observed in June when the 2500th American serviceperson was killed in the most recent Iraq war. Even more startlingly, when assessing the damage to U.S. military personnel and their families, that figure may be misleadingly low. No precise means exists to tally broken lives, damaged relationships, and the general psychological trauma of soldiers asked to do what is otherwise unthinkable in our society — kill. But a survey of the headlines suggests that there is more afoot in Iraq than loss of life. [...]]]> http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/essays/the-true-cost-of-war/feed/ 0 http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/essays/full-spectrum-dominance/ http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/essays/full-spectrum-dominance/#comments Tue, 04 Jul 2006 01:47:15 +0000 Jason Glover http://www.thirdeyemag.com/wordpress/2006/07/03/full-spectrum-dominance/ Unrelenting efforts by the Pentagon and U.S. Air Force are hell-bent on creating outlandish space-based weapons. Critics assert the result will be a free-for-all orbiting arms-race. Part three of a three part series on the future of war. ]]> http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/essays/full-spectrum-dominance/feed/ 1 http://www.thirdeyemag.com/opinion/three-cheers-for-testosterone/ http://www.thirdeyemag.com/opinion/three-cheers-for-testosterone/#comments Thu, 04 May 2006 02:53:17 +0000 Jason Glover http://www.thirdeyemag.com/opinion/three-cheers-for-testosterone/ You’d have thought in 1961 when Eisenhower warned the U.S. about its emerging “military-industrial complex” someone would’ve sat up and taken notice. Perhaps some calls for restraint in military expenditures, or less interchange between defense industry execs and positions of power within the federal government. [...]]]> http://www.thirdeyemag.com/opinion/three-cheers-for-testosterone/feed/ 0 http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/essays/post-human-warriors/ http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/essays/post-human-warriors/#comments Thu, 04 May 2006 02:04:33 +0000 Jason Glover http://www.thirdeyemag.com/wordpress/2006/05/03/post-human-warriors/ Bioengineering and advanced robotics are blurring the line between science and science fiction, as the Pentagon pursues the creation of "super soldiers." Part two of a three part series.]]> http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/essays/post-human-warriors/feed/ 1 http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/essays/killer-robots/ http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/essays/killer-robots/#comments Sat, 04 Mar 2006 02:18:05 +0000 Jason Glover http://www.thirdeyemag.com/wordpress/2006/03/03/killer-robots/ Time and again, intellectuals and artists alike have prophesized bleak futures for a race whose technology and hubris have far exceeded its wisdom. So, if the wet-dreams of futurists within the U.S. Department of Defense come to fruition — far-reaching ambitions to apply robotics in the battlefield, bioengineer the perfect soldiers, and command complete dominance of Space — let us not forget: we have been warned. Robotic warfare. Part one of a three part series.]]> http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/essays/killer-robots/feed/ 0