This has been a long time coming and it'll take a while to get it all spruced up as I envision, but here I am, blogosphere! This is starting as the companion blog to my column at TCS Daily.com, and also as a way to keep in touch with people while I'm in Iraq.
That's right -- this coming weekend I go down to Fort Benning, Georgia, for some basic training and then it's on to the "Big Dirty" for nearly two months. I'll be a civilian consultant to the JAGs on a new "Law and Order Task Force." It will, to say the least, be an adventure.
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Where Ilya provides running commentary on life at the intersection of blue state tastes and red state values, with plenty of legal and travel-related discursions along the way. The opinions expressed are his alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views or policy of any institution with which he is affiliated.
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- Apocalypto Now
- Should we even have a Rule of Law project in Iraq?
- We Don't Need No Stinkin' Badgers Either
- What It Takes to Run an Embassy in a War Zone
- Sleepless in Baghdad
- The Right Kind of Divestment
- Love Notes from Chris Hitchens
- I'm on the front page of the New York Times (sort of)
- Intolerance in the Name of Community
- Morale, Welfare, Readiness
- Family Values
- "We Will Beat the Terrorists"
- Hail and Farewell
- What it Feels Like to Be in Baghdad
- Post-War Planning (or My New Job)
- Freedom Flight
- Club Med Baghdad
- Rusafa Rule of Law Complex
- Woe Canada
- Soccer Fever
- Resolution
- How Soccer Explains the World
- More re Badges, Stinkin', etc.
- The Chicken Dance
- my morning alarm
- Marriage of Extreme Convenience
- We Don't Need No Stinkin' Badges
- Loose Lips Sink Ships
- Duck and Cover
- First Impressions
- I'm in Baghdad!
- BBQ, Baseball, and Botched Post-War Planning
- First Aid First, Then the Guns
- A Heavily Armored Pin-Cushion
- Distinguished Visitor Quarters
- Hurry Up and Wait
- "In the Loop" is Out of Touch
- What is a Jew?
- First Day of "Boot Camp"
- Why I'm Going to Iraq
- The Ugly and Beautiful Game
- Welcome
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3 comments:
Pat and I will be thinking of you while you are away. We will also keep you in our prayers, asking that you return safely. We look forward to reading your posts to this blog.
Tony & Pat
Hey Ilya,
Have a very safe and productive trip. Really looking forward to hearing about your experiences. Hope you take some photos as well.
Hope things are well with you.
Janel.
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