Month: January 2007

When words are not enough

There are people dying today in wars across the globe, in places like Baghdad, Darfur, Afghanistan, Somalia, India, and more troops will soon be sent to Iraq for the New Way Forward, a way likely to lead to many of their own...

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Open Thread

The House is debating HR1, a bill to enact almost all of the 9/11 Commission recommendations. A little over forty years ago they were using firehoses and german shepherds on blacks in Mississippi that wanted to vote. Today, the...

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What Are We Doing In Somalia?

I had several reactions to the Monday strike in Somalia by a AC-130 gunship against members of al-Qaeda.   My first thought was: yeah, that’s the way you go after terrorists.  Cultivate intelligence, isolate the...

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Open Letter to John Edwards

To: Presidential Candidate John Edwards Subject: Winning the presidency by defending OUR Constitution I am intrigued by your clear populist and progressive orientation, particularly your focus on addressing economic inequality...

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