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August 28, 2006

The Doogie Howser of Terrorism

The longer I'm in academia, the more I realize how meaningless Ph.D.'s are. Last spring I was sitting in on a roundtable about terrorism with a bunch of 'experts' in academia. Biggest point of contention? Whether or not the word 'terrorism' ought to be used at all since 'one man's terrorist is another man's freedom-fighter'.

Your tax dollars at work.

So, who is the Doogie Howser of Terrorism? My friend, Evan Kohlman. Sun Sentinal:

Defense lawyers in a major South Florida terror case want to make sure jurors never hear from witness Evan Kohlmann....
He has no Ph.D., no faculty position and no real-life experience in the Middle East. Plus, there's the age thing. Kohlmann, who has testified five times for the government already, is just 27. He has been called the "Doogie Howser" of terrorism.
Kohlmann has fought off such attacks before.

If Evan is Doogie Howser, I guess that makes me Arnold Jackson. You can read Doogies work at the Counterterrorism blog or at Global Terror Alert.

Posted by: Rusty at 10:21 AM | Comments (5) | Add Comment
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1 He's much more qualified than one Juan Cole.

Posted by: Mark at August 28, 2006 11:00 AM (38WZc)

2 >>>'one man's terrorist is another man's freedom-fighter'.

The stupidest thing I've ever heard.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at August 28, 2006 11:41 AM (8e/V4)

3 The first thing I learned in grad school was not to be impressed that anyone had a PhD. The world is full of idiots with PhDs. A PhD is more a test of tenacity and masochism than intellect.

Posted by: rightwingprof at August 28, 2006 12:13 PM (hj1Wx)

4 They don't know what on earth to do once they leave their padded academia existence.

Posted by: Last gasp Larry at August 28, 2006 12:56 PM (gLMre)

5 The old joke, the punchline being:

Piled Higher and Deeper.

Posted by: Jihad Rusty Dirka Dirka at August 28, 2006 01:00 PM (JQjhA)

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