DIGITAL WARFARE
This piece, also from The Washington Post, is a good appetizer for those interested in the impact of digital technology on warfare.

PAUL KENNEDY
Asymetric warfare means different things to different people. To most of the world, it means that the US is to military power what Tiger Woods would be to junior golf. Paul Kennedy talks about this in a good FT piece.

SPEECH 1
The Bob Woodward/Dan Balz series on the Bush Administration's response to the attacks of 11 September continues today. Worth reading.

GOD HELP US
A recent Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Poll found that Hillary Clinton ran second to former Vice President Al Gore in the race for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination. She led Gore among Democratic women. So it's hardly surprising that she is now turning her attention to Iowa.

I just finished writing a column for Fast Company Magazine about blogging and so have started my own. Eventually, I intend to call it Elsewhere in the News, just because I've always like the expression.

By way of introduction, my name is John Ellis. I am the "Digital Matters" columnist for Fast Company Magazine and a former columnist for Inside.com/Inside Magazine, New York Press and The Boston Globe. I also work as a consultant and speak to various business and academic audiences. Prior to my bifuracted life as a columnist and consultant, I worked as a political analyst and producer for the NBC News Election Unit.

My politics, generally speaking, are conservative. I am also a great believer in emerging technologies. I think they will transform how we work and function. And I am optimistic that they will do so for the better.

This blog will largely be devoted to news analysis, commentary and opinion. The subjects will include business, technology, politics, golf, news media, advertising, P2P, books and general weirdness as it appears.

Anyway, this is the beginning. In a couple of weeks, I plan to launch a web-site that will (I hope) be well-designed and fun to read. I'm working on it. For now, welcome. And thanks for coming.