Month: June 2008

The American Stain

Crossposted from MY LEFT WING Punishment in a forced labor camp Georgia — 1930s Determined to bring to a blessed end my three day journey into the painful miasma explored by Douglas A. Blackmon in his extraordinary Slavery...

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Nuclear Proliferation Middle-East

. President Lyndon Johnson and U.S. policy in Arab-Israeli conflict The Harriman-Komer mission in 1965 led to Israeli agreement not to be the first to introduce nuclear weapons into the area and U.S. agreement to sell Israel...

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Open Thread

Been out all day, and have to leave again. Iran nuke the Middle East while I’ve been gone? Sure hope not.

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