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During the years that she was addicted to online gaming, life for Emily Kim began when she got home from work at 6 p.m. “I would shower quick, and eat something, no matter what, so I could start playing my game,” said Ms. Kim, a.k.a the YouTube Korean-cooking star Maangchi. “And I wouldn’t stop till 3 a.m.” In 2003, divorced and with her two grown children out of the house, Ms. Kim ventured into the online role-playing battle game City of Heroes and couldn’t pull herself away. Maangchi, pronounced MAHNG-chee and meaning “hammer” in Korean, was the name of her...

A Marine assigned to Task Force Tarawa, stands on top of an LAV, during Operation Southern Scimitar, May 18. The operation lasted two days and was conducted in order to remove insurgents from the area. Staff Sgt. Matthew D. Seaburn, staff noncommissioned officer-in-charge, Police Training Team 22, studies a map to see how far the Iraqi Highway Patrol have patrolled during Operation Southern Scimitar May 18. During the operation the IHPs played a large role, clearing out a large area East of Rutbah. Staff Sgt. Matthew D. Seaburn, staff noncommissioned officer-in-charge, Police Training Team 22, studies a map to...

I’m writing this on the anniversary of the murder of Daniel Pearl. Keep that in mind: Thanks to LGF and MEMRI, I’ve become somewhat familiar with the torrents of venom that pour from some mosques in the Middle East. The excerpts I’ve read always end with a plea to God to rev up the slaughter ASAP, with the Jews and the Crusaders being first in line for righteous smiting. There’s a lot of talk about shaking the ground under their feet, terrifying the sons of monkeys, etc etc. On the cool medium of a laptop screen the words look, well,...