Dec 15 2010

2010 was a very good year!

This was emailed by Roger on 12/15/2010 at 12:38PM.  Roger got it from Nancy who got it from Bill who got it from Ed who got it from Phillip.  Alas, I cannot claim authorship.  Roger that? Monsieur d’Nalgar

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Dec 14 2010

Shades of gray

U.S. Illusions in Lebanon

By Roger Cohen, New York Times op-ed columnist Published: December 13, 2010 BEIRUT — Once upon a time a U.S. secretary of state spoke of the “birth pangs of a new Middle East.” That’s now the…  [more]

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Dec 12 2010

Dear editor

So America’s millionaires, loyal patriots that they all are, get to keep their Bushy tax break… Here’s a kindly suggestion for an intrepid journalist (if there be any left among the screeching castrati of our once-vaunted fourth estate) – follow…  [more]

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Dec 12 2010

Breaking the silence

By Donald Macintyre, Sunday, 12 December 2010 In pictures:  Soldiers’ testimonies … For anyone who has covered Israel, the West Bank and Gaza over the past few years, reading Occupation of the Territories, the new book from the Israeli…  [more]

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Dec 11 2010

Take me back to Tulsa

My Favorite War

By Gail Collins Published: December 10, 2010 … Well, here’s some good news for a change. The Holiday Parade of Lights in Tulsa, Okla., has been saved! I know you’ve been worried. The Tulsa City Council has…  [more]

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Dec 07 2010

We’re Number One!

      No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable. — Adam Smith Poverty is an abstraction, even for the poor. But the symptoms of collective impoverishment are all…  [more]

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Dec 01 2010

A conversation…

[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srWgISIs6to[/tube]…  [more]

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