Phoney Baloney Insiders

I reported on the DC Advocates for the Arts blog yesterday that President Obama’s FY 12 proposed budget will trigger major changes in the DC cultural landscape. In addition to reductions to the NEA and NEH which will affect local grant-making, the proposed budget would eliminate the National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs Program (as DC has known it) by turning guaranteed operating support funding from the US Commission on Fine Arts into semi-competitive grants administered by the District’s arts agency. Continue reading “Phoney Baloney Insiders”

From COL Spurgeon Neel, USMC

“The Surgeon General is placing personal emphasis upon improving the capability of the Army Medical Service to accomplish its role in Army stability operations of the future, where and whenever required. Prevention of war makes equally good sense as prevention of disease. Actually, the former can be facilitated by the latter.”

COL Spurgeon Neel, MC Military Medicine, August 1967