The Midnight Hour

Not long ago I was out with a patrol on a “knock-and-talk” operation, visiting Iraqis in their homes to give and get useful information. We happened upon a large house situated across from a small mosque. I knew it was a mosque because I read the Arabic sign above the door and recognized the loudspeakers […]

(Originally published in the New York Times on April 14, 2006 - link)
It was another semi-relaxed Sunday here at Camp Falluja.
A couple weeks ago the Marine Expeditionary Force Commanding General passed that all non-essential personnel shouldn’t come into work until 11 a.m. on Sunday, or should generally get a few hours off. The 11 a.m. […]

(Originally published in the New York Times on April 5, 2006 - link)
Since I have had the opportunity to see a few Arab homes, and to observe and interact at some length with the populace here in Falluja, I thought it might be interesting to point out a few of the similarities and differences between […]

I have a new post published at the NYT Frontlines Blogs. You can read it at http://frontlines.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=18 on the New York Times Select website. The article is titled “The Information-Age Marine.” It is a look at our internet, phone, and television networks here on base. Here’s to late-night antenna adjusting excursions.
Also, […]

My third post is now live on the NYT Frontlines blog. I describe the city of Fallujah.

My second guest op-ed piece went live yesterday on the New York Times Select webpage (subscription required - free trial available). It is a look at my daily routine - a glorified version of this post. I have been very busy lately. I am covered up. I will post more later […]

My first blog post for the New York Times, Times Select website is now up and is already generating some comments. You can read it here. The post is an article arguing the virtues and vices of more body armor for our troops. Furthermore, it appears the NYT website has decided to […]

Edit: First post is up: http://frontlines.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=7

Ladies and gentlemen, it is with great pleasure that I can now announce the exciting news that I alluded to in a previous post. Due to the huge increase in popularity of my blog (any increase from zero has to be considered huge) caused by the diligent efforts of […]