The Unz Review: An Alternative Media Selection
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Life with Bob
A Sordid But Instructive Interval At Soldier of Fortune Magazine
• March 1, 1984
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I came into the weird mercenary vortex of Soldier of Fortune magazine when the phone rang in 1980. The voice on the other end was low and conspiratorial, the vocal cords sounding as if they had been ravaged by gargling gravel. Something in it whispered of far places and dark secrets too evil to be... Read More
Fred Reed
About Fred Reed

Fred, a keyboard mercenary with a disorganized past, has worked on staff for Army Times, The Washingtonian, Soldier of Fortune, Federal Computer Week, and The Washington Times.

He has been published in Playboy, Soldier of Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Harper's, National Review, Signal, Air&Space, and suchlike. He has worked as a police writer, technology editor, military specialist, and authority on mercenary soldiers.


Personal Classics
YouSSR, MeSSR
Not What Tom Jefferson Had in Mind
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Up Periscope
Quick and Dirty
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Eighth Grade In Mexico
Sounds Like A Low-Ranked American University To Me
• 7 Comments • Reply
Fredwin On Evolution
Very Long, Will Bore Hell Out Of Most People, But I Felt Like Doing It
• 8 Comments • Reply
Ilsa Koch Gets Kotched
It's Not A Job. It's An Adventure.
• 1 Comment • Reply
Weather Report
Cloudy, With Possible Tidal Wave
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