by Martin Kufus Author Martin Kufus was a volunteer firefighter in Texas, and participated in disaster ops there. He embarked on a tense mission in 1998, after flash floods wreaked havoc along the southern border. The following is based on a chapter from his book, Plow the Dirt but Watch the Sky. Our four paddles stroked …
by James Parker Northern Ireland’s paramilitary underworld is learning to fight with the tools of the digital age, and these tools are becoming more sophisticated and accessible. As a crowd gathered in Belfast to commemorate Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising, something new made an appearance in the arsenal of Northern Ireland’s paramilitaries. A member of Óglaigh …
by Martin Kufus Author Martin Kufus was a volunteer firefighter in Texas, and participated in disaster ops there, during flash floods. In this excerpt from his book Plow the Dirt but Watch the Sky, Kufus recalls a tense mission in 1998. Our four paddles stroked the brown water as the summer sun emerged from behind clouds. …
