Feb 19 2011
Note: Raouf is a dear friend. It is very likely our paths crossed in Lebanon, in the early 1960s. We reconnected, after more than 30 years, on the eve of my son’s college education at the same institution where Dr. Halaby now professes… – Monsieur d’Nalgar Mahfouz’s Prophesy By Raouf J. Halaby, February 15, 2011 … During …
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Feb 19 2011
“Iranium” or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the “Military Option” By Eli Clifton and Ali Gharib 26 January 2011, 2:47 The Israeli filmmakers who brought you Obsession and The Third Jihad are at it again. In just a week, they’re set to launch their new documentary, Iranium, an hour-long look at the …
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Feb 16 2011
Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind By Carl Sandburg, 1920 “The past is a bucket of ashes.” . . . . . . . . . . 1 The woman named To-morrow sits with a hairpin in her teeth and takes her time and does her hair the way she wants it and fastens …
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Feb 14 2011
Egyptian Activists Inspired by Forgotten Martin Luther King Comic By Andy Khouri, February 11th 2011 While the world’s political pundits debate the role the United States has played in the historical events presently occurring in Egypt, one activist is crediting a specific American with playing a part in inspiring a generation of Egyptians to take …
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Feb 11 2011
Today, we are all Egyptians! Dug my old tarboush out of storage to join the celebration. Vive la Revolución!!!
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Feb 08 2011
Ketchup Is a Vegetable & Other Republican Myths – Remember Reagan By H Scott Prosterman, Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 11:33:09 AM PST There they go again, trying to whitewash the legacy of Ronald Reagan. As his centennial approaches, Republicans are trying to make us remember what THEY want us to remember about Reagan. Mainstream …
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Feb 06 2011
Ringside: Again, spin doctors distort Reagan legacy By Paul Davies, Deputy Editorial Page Editor Posted on Sun, Feb. 6, 2011 In an attempt to point to his many accomplishments, Ronald Reagan referenced John Adams, who said, “Facts are stubborn things.” But Reagan, then 77 years old, muffed the line and said that “facts are stupid things.” …
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