Nov 13 2012

Fire from below

Mr. President, remember me? It’s Bill Ayers

By Bill Ayers, Tuesday, Nov 13, 2012 02:00 PM CST   I have a backpack filled to overflowing with grievance and discontent, dissent and demand, as well as wild hopes and radical aspirations:…  [more]

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Nov 13 2012

They returned a new son to us

Before the 1967 lines retire, too

By , Nov.13, 2012 4:33 AM   On Saturday afternoon light rain greeted the long column of cars crawling through the narrow lanes of the Palestinian village of Jayus in the heart…  [more]

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Nov 12 2012

But when will that be?

The Israeli documentary putting military rule in Palestine on trial

By , Monday 12 November 2012 07.05 EST   The Law In These Parts, an Israeli documentary awarded this year’s Sundance World Cinema Grand Jury prize, examines…  [more]

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Nov 12 2012

Cannon fodder

Veterans Day and a caution against the cult of the military

By , Sunday 11 November 2012 19.44 EST   The video is lovely, affecting and – considering the subject matter – reasonably understated. A 60-ish guy sits…  [more]

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Nov 12 2012

Before Dave fell for Paula

The Sins Of General David Petraeus

By Michael Hastings, Nov 11, 2012  5:43pm EST   The fraud that General David Petraeus perpetrated on America started many years before the general seduced Paula Broadwell, a lower-ranking officer 20 years his…  [more]

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Nov 11 2012

Veterans Day 2012

Keep Sending The Checks

By Stephen Orr Manning, 2011   Turn off the streetlight I’d like to get some sleep in my split-level cardboard box in the alley off Main Street USA. Just keep sending the checks. Keep your colored…  [more]

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Nov 10 2012

You should be so lucky

My President Is Busy

By Thomas L. Friedman, November 10, 2012   Israeli friends have been asking me whether a re-elected President Obama will take revenge on Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu for the way he and Sheldon Adelson, his foolhardy…  [more]

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