Month: June 2006

The US-Iraq Business Forum (founded 1985)

Maha@Mahablog posts this excellent piece on Reagan and Bush I buddying up to Saddam back in the day, and I learn something new:Senators Claiborne Pell, Al Gore, and Jesse Helms introduced legislation to impose sanctions on Iraq,...

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Why Did Nero Fiddle?

DailyKos and Markos and them rowdy Kossacks are all about Democratic Party activism. Real projects, real politicians, real campaigns, real elections — and oh yes, the unbridled flow of intellectual and emotional and...

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Return to Pre-9/11 Thinking

This is more a personal reflection than anything political, but I do have a bit of political commentary at the end just to keep things interesting… I used to love to fly. My mother hated it…perhaps that’s why I...

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