Month: December 2005

Inside The Pentagon

by Larry C. Johnson I am reprinting the following, which comes from Inside the Pentagon by Elaine Grossman today — December 1, 2005 New Rules In Iraq May Make It Tougher To Keep Insurgents Behind Bars Top U.S. military...

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The Extraordinary Coincidence of my Birth II

[Note:  This second part is the story of one family, my ancestor, ‘Jacob Hostettler’ (Hofstedler), there are many ways of spelling of this family name and eventually it became Statler and Stotler, the birth...

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David Ignatius Is S-l-o-w-l-y Getting It

Please read the following portion of a recent David Ignatius column–my comments will follow: Replant the American Dream  By David Ignatius  Washington Post  November 25, 2005; Page A37  When I lived...

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Nguyen Tuong Van is about to die [UPDATED]

Two-and-a-half hours after I post this diary, Australian Nguyen Tuong Van will be executed by hanging in Singapore’s Changi Prison. Van was arrested with 396.2 grams of heroin while transiting through Changi Airport en...

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