Center for Strategic Communication

Foust on “False Fears of Autonomous Weapons”

Hat tip for a strong recommendation from Adam Elkus: Josh Foust has a very sensible piece up about the seemingly endless furor about “killer drones” (we never called our warplanes “Killer F-16′s” or guided weapons “killer cruise...

New Book: The Violent Image by Neville Bolt

The Violent Image by Neville Bolt  Columbia University Press just sent me a review copy of The Violent Image, by Dr. Neville Bolt of King’s College vaunted War Studies Department.  Initially, I was amused by the colorful book jacket, but flipping through, it...

“It’s Tablet!”….”No, it’s a Coffee Table!”

Starbuck gets at hat tip for this cool mash-up of furniture with a giant next-generation tablet: Get Ready for the Smart Coffee Table Computers started out as discrete objects to be placed on top of furniture — a PC on the desk, a laptop on the dining room table. An...