Jun 03 2014
Bowe Bergdahl release: Email exchange reveals extent of US failure in Afghan war By Patrick Cockburn, Tuesday 03 June 2014 It is a bitter indictment of an army in trouble. It was written by the American soldier Bowe Bergdahl in his last email to his parents sent just before he walked off his base …
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Jun 01 2014
Snowden would not get a fair trial – and Kerry is wrong By Daniel Ellsberg, Friday 30 May 2014 07.45 EDT John Kerry was in my mind Wednesday morning, and not because he had called me a patriot on NBC News. I was reading the lead story in the New York Times – “US …
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May 26 2014
Operation Chowhound airmen fed the body and soul of the Dutch people during WWII Joseph Bornstein and Bob Cooperman were interviewed by writer Erica Jacobson for this article which appeared in the Sept. 24, 2000 issue of the Burlington, VT Free Press. Here are some excerpts: Joseph Bornstein first arrived at Knettishall airfield in …
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May 13 2014
B is for Bumpkins By Jacques d’Nalgar, May 13 2014 CE Back in 1973, Jerry Jeff Walker had a big hit with a Ray Wylie Hubbard song that, 40 years later, is still a favorite with the sing-along bar crowd. Inspired by memories of that song from my long-ago raucous college days, here then is an humble homage to “Up Against the Wall, …
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May 02 2014
What happened to the middle class? By Elizabeth Warren, 10:16 AM EDT, Thu May 1, 2014 A great crack in America’s middle class came to light recently: While our country continues to lead the world as the richest nation, our middle class, once the most affluent in the world, has fallen behind. According to …
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Apr 26 2014
Fox News’ new laughingstock: Cliven Bundy — and Stephen Colbert — will destroy Sean Hannity By Joan Walsh, Friday, Apr 25, 2014 11:10 AM CDT I’ll admit, this brilliant Stephen Colbert piece made me wonder: Could Sean Hannity’s detestable role in making Cliven Bundy a right-wing folk hero, and his lingering embrace of Bundy …
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Apr 16 2014
Can you spot Adolf Hitler in this class of 10 year-olds? Here’s a hint: think about the type of can-do assertive personality we Americans idolize in our athletes, businessmen, and politicians… Photograph from the exhibition catalog: Hans-Ulrich Thamer and Simone Erpel. “Hitler und die Deutschen: Volksgemein- schaft und Verbrechen”. Sandstein Verlag, im Auftrag der …
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