Category: Foreign Policy

Funny things

Dear editor, This is a letter about funny things. A random collection perhaps, but some readers may discern a veritable fountain of flummery, deep and wide, that flows through them all. Funny thing about that young bigot slaughtering all those people away yonder in a Charleston church just a few weeks ago. Suddenly there’s a …

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40 years after

Ode to Nam on the 40th Anniversary of its End By J. Randall O’Brien, February 15, 2015   He came home from Nam But never made it back. I saw him last just before He left for the war. We celebrated his return His presence being our only lack. Cheering glasses were raised Repeatedly before …

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Every reason to resist

In Israel, we walk amongst killers and torturers By Amira Hass, Jun. 22, 2015 12:48 AM   In our homes, our streets and our places of work and entertainment, there are thousands of people who killed and tortured thousands of other people or supervised their killing and torture. I write “thousands” as a substitute for the vaguer …

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Hazardous, illusory, and sadly unchallenged

America’s Virulent, Extremist Counterterrorism Ideology By Micah Zenko, May 21, 2015   Throughout the 13-plus years of the war on terrorism, one line of effort that everyone in Washington agrees on is the necessity to counter the ideology put forth by terrorist groups. Unfortunately, everyone also agrees that U.S. government agencies have done a terrible …

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Birthright

Sheldon Adelson Turns Israel Into ‘The Walking Dead’ By Eli Valley, May 14, 2015   http://www.newrepublic.com/article/121789/sheldon-adelson-turns-israel-walking-dead or http://bit.ly/1FitBKv

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A country that is overrun by idiots

Exorcising Our Rights By Jeffrey Melvin Hutchins, May 12 2015   Here’s the thing about rights: You have them, even if you don’t use them. Twenty years ago, I learned several things about trademarks. One of the most important things is that if a company owns a trademark and does not protect it, then the …

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We are all guilty

Too By The Observer (Arkansas Times), April 23 2015   There’s an enemy out there, lurking in the dark. It’s the enemy of every human being and — The Observer has become convinced over the years — the root of all evil, no matter what you’ve heard about the Greenback Dollar. Money, it turns out, …

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