A little history
Some fellow in the army got his tales of army life — some of them appalling — anonymously printed in TNR, where his wife works. Here’s the background to this pathetic story. Now some possibly amusing previous snippets from a reporter and her “non-ideological” source from 2004, when they seemed to be involved in various political and personal activities together. From the Missourian in several places:
Going for broke — By Elspeth Reeve
Glenn Rehn…uses a serious chunk of his paycheck to buy buttons, stickers and rally signs bearing the American-flagged logo of a certain presidential campaign….“Glenn is completely submerged in politics on campus. It is honestly impossible to think about politics at MU without thinking of Glenn,” says Scott Beauchamp, editor-in-chief of Prospectus, a liberal campus news magazine. Beauchamp and Rehn met one year ago while campaigning for Howard Dean…
Hundreds of thousands of people descended on the nation’s capital Sunday to protest recent U.S. policies regarding women’s reproductive health. Included in the throng of marchers were more than 100 young men and women from the Columbia area. “I don’t think there’s usually enough men at these kind of events, so it’s really important to show up and support it,” said Scott Beauchamp, who endured a 24-hour bus ride from Columbia to attend Sunday’s march. “I think it’s really a civil rights issue.”
The organizers of the April 2004 Washington, DC march claimed 1.15 million attendees. who appeared indeed to be mostly women. Mr. Beauchamp’s rationale for attending, along with much he has said since, should perhaps be taken with a grain of salt.