Barry Eisler
After graduating from Cornell Law
School in 1989, Barry Eisler spent three years in the CIA's Directorate of
Operations, and then three years in Japan, where he earned his black belt at
the Kodokan International Judo Center. Eisler's books have won the Barry
Award and the Gumshoe Award for Best Thriller of the Year; have been included
in numerous "Best Of" lists; and have been translated into nearly
twenty languages. A film
version of the first book in Eisler's John Rain series, Rain Fall,
will be released by Sony Pictures Japan in March 2009 and stars Gary
Oldman as Rain's CIA nemesis William Holtzer. For more, please visit www.barryeisler.com.
Blogs by this Author
Heart of the Matter 5.14.08
- By Russ Fischer
- Published 05/14/2008
Confused, Spineless Democrats
I read an op-ed in yesterday's Wall
Street Journal called "Obama
and the Values Question Mark" by a guy named Douglas E.
Schoen. It's an advice piece, and...
Heart of the Matter 5.13.08
- By Russ Fischer
- Published 05/13/2008
Hamas Manipulates Republicans;
Republicans Manipulate You
On Friday, I called John
McCain the Manchurian Candidate because he and other Republicans are
trying to tie Obama to Hamas even...
Heart of the Matter 5.10.08
- By Russ Fischer
- Published 05/10/2008
McCain the Manchurian Candidate
John McCain was at
it again today, suggesting that Americans shouldn't vote for Obama
because a Hamas spokesman spoke well of McCain's opponent. As a McC...
Heart of the Matter 4.24.08
- By Russ Fischer
- Published 04/24/2008
Journalists and Bullshit
In a New York Times column
Wednesday, David
Brooks nicely (albeit unintentionally) summed up much of what's wrong
with the mainstream media. In the course of a...
Heart of the Matter 4.6.08
- By Russ Fischer
- Published 04/6/2008
Great
American Hypocrites
I just finished reading my advance copy
of Glenn Greenwald's outstanding book, Great
American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics.
It...
Heart of the Matter 3.29.08
- By Russ Fischer
- Published 03/29/2008
Duplicity, Delusion, and Cognitive Dissonance
Checking out the news this evening from Amsterdam, I couldn't help but chuckle at Bill Clinton's latest explanation of Hillary's path to victory:Right
n...
Heart of the Matter 3.27.08
- By Russ Fischer
- Published 03/27/2008
Increased Iraq Violence = Success
No, you didn't read the title wrong -- Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell really did say that the new fighting in Basra, in which US-backed government forces are...
Heart of the Matter 2.16.08
- By Russ Fischer
- Published 02/16/2008
Hillary
Has Worshipers, Too
Recently I received an email from a
friend and Hillary Clinton supporter. This post is based on my response.
Dear [],
Thanks for forwarding t...
Heart of the Matter 2.10.08
- By Russ Fischer
- Published 02/10/2008
Tough Smart, Tough Stupid
Glenn Greenwald, who along with
George Carlin would get my vote for Living
National Treasure if America offered such a designation, has a
terrific post today o...
Heart of the Matter 2.7.08
- By Russ Fischer
- Published 02/7/2008
Unintentional, Self-Created, Blissfully Unaware Irony PrizeMitt Romney's concession
speech was remarkable for many reasons, not the least of
which is that Romney attacked Democrats for wanting to "d...