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Reading While Eating for June 19: Sticking It To The Man

1 hour agoNews : NewsFeed

A Solider of Irreverence Lost. Michael Hastings, who passed away yesterday at the untimely age of 33, took down the high-flying General Stanley McChrystal in a 2010 profile. (Rolling Stone) Rooting For The Underdog. The Wizard of Oz,...Show More Summary

Journalist Michael Hastings dies in car crash at 33

3 hours agoNews : The Lookout

Michael Hastings, the award-winning journalist whose explosive 2010 Rolling Stone profile of U.S. Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal ("The Runaway General") led to McChrystal's resignation, died Tuesday in an early morning car accident in Los Angeles, the magazine said. Show More Summary

Michael Hastings' Historic Takedown Of Stanley McChrystal Is Filled With Profound Insights That Will Be Relevant For Years

Journalist Michael Hastings, 33, died in a car crash on Tuesday. The Buzzfeed writer and Rolling Stone contributing editor fearlessly covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan — and American society in general — without pandering to power, while writing in ways that citizens could understand. Show More Summary

On the Death of Michael Hastings

The death of Michael Hastings early yesterday morning leaves me rather shaken. I didn't know him, and was only somewhat familiar with his work. His most famous story was a controversial 2011 profile of General Stanley McChrystal, who...Show More Summary

Reporter Who Challenged Afghan War Policy Dies in Car Crash

Reporter Michael Hastings, whose career-making profile of U.S. General Stanley McChrystal spurred the top Afghanistan war commander to resign, has died in a car accident in Los Angeles.

Journalist Michael Hastings Dies

The journalist Michael Hastings, best known for a Rolling Stone story that led to the resignation of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, died early Tuesday in a car crash in Los Angeles, his employer said. In a single-car crash that occurred about 4:25 a.m. Show More Summary

Journalist who brought down U.S. general is killed in Los Angeles car crash

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Journalist Michael Hastings, whose 2010 Rolling Stone magazine profile of the U.S. military chief in Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, led to the general being relieved of command, died on Tuesday in a car wreck in Los Angeles, h...

Michael Hastings, 1980-2013

We're learning tonight that Michael Hastings -- the 33-year-old journalist whose 2010 Rolling Stone profile of a remarkably unguarded Gen. Stanley McChrystal cost the top commander in Afghanistan his job -- died in a tragic car crash on Tuesday morning in Los Angeles. Show More Summary

Reporter Who Brought Down the ‘Runaway General’ Dead at 33

15 hours agoNews : Truthdig

Michael Hastings is best known as the Rolling Stone contributor whose reporting ended the military career of Gen. Stanley McChrystal but more important, he was a fearless reporter who did not suffer bullshit answers. He died TuesdayShow More Summary

War Reporter Michael Hastings, Dead at 33

16 hours agoUnited States / Seattle : Slog

Michael Hastings died in a car crash in Los Angeles early this morning. He was 33. If you don't know, Michael Hastings is the journalist who, two years ago, took down Afghanistan commander and Army General Stanley McChrystal with a single piece in Rolling Stone magazine. Show More Summary

RIP, Michael Hastings

16 hours agoUnited States / Seattle : Slog

This Rolling Stone obituary is required reading: Michael Hastings, the fearless journalist whose reporting brought down the career of General Stanley McChrystal, has died in a car accident in Los Angeles, Rolling Stone has learned. He was 33... Here's a great detail: Hard-charging, unabashedly opinionated, Hastings was original and at times abrasive. Show More Summary

Journalist Michael Hastings Dies In Car Crash At Age 33

16 hours agoNews : The Two-Way

The journalist whose candid interviews of Gen. Stanley McChrystal led to the officer's eventual removal from his post has died in a car crash, according to reports.

Michael Hastings

16 hours agoNews : BlogPost

Michael Hastings, a contributor to Rolling Stone and BuzzFeed, died on Tuesday morning in a car crash at the unforgivably young age of 33. He is best known, rightly, for his 2010 Rolling Stone profile of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who … Continue reading ?

Michael Hastings

16 hours agoNews : BlogPost

Michael Hastings, a contributor to Rolling Stone and BuzzFeed, died on Tuesday morning in a car crash at the unforgivably young age of 33. He is best known, rightly, for his 2010 Rolling Stone profile of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, whoShow More Summary

Michael Hastings dead at 33

17 hours agoNews : The Lookout

Michael Hastings, the journalist whose explosive 2010 Rolling Stone profile of U.S. Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal ("The Runaway General") led to McChrystal's ouster, died in an early morning car accident in Los Angeles on Tuesday, the magazine said. He was 33. "Hard-charging, unabashedly opinionated, Hastings was original and at times abrasive," Rolling Stone said in [...]

Michael Hastings, R.I.P.

18 hours agoNews : Reason

Michael Hastings, a great young journalist whose reporting from Afghanistan for Rolling Stone ended the active career of Gen. Stanley McChrystal and whose great book The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America’s War...Show More Summary

Standing Orders

last weekOdd : Snopes

Account purportedly describes parting exchange between President Obama and resigning General Stanley McChrystal.

The COIN of the Realm…Is a Wooden Nickel

The much-heralded doctrine of counter-insurgency (COIN) has been a profitable and career-enhancing bromide. COIN proponents such as one-time Army generals David Petreus and Stanley McChrystal — and their acolytes, such as John Nagl and...Show More Summary

Stanley McChrystal says the U.S. should reinstitute the draft

4 months agoNews : BlogPost

“America suffers right now from the fact that many Americans don’t meet or deal with anybody outside their social or cultural circle,” retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal tells Foreign Affairs in a lengthy interview. “I think mandatory national service would have … Continue reading ?

Stanley McChrystal says the U.S. should reinstitute the draft

4 months agoNews : BlogPost

"America suffers right now from the fact that many Americans don't meet or deal with anybody outside their social or cultural circle," retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal tells Foreign Affairs in a lengthy interview. "I think mandatory national service would have a huge effect to help us in that direction." Read full article >>

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