After his speech at the BUPAC meeting last month, Jack Tymann and I spoke about fear, terrorism, Islam, partisan politics, and the concept of moderates. We also manage to throw in the Golden Rule for good measure.
Be sure to check out the raw footage of the full speech: Part 1Â and Part 2. Also, the raw […]
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Fidel Castro announced his retirement today, and now is the time to reassess our policy towards Cuba.Â
 It would difficult to argue that his retirement represents the success of over forty years of embargo. It always seemed to me that the sum total of American policy towards Cuba was predicated on the notion that once Fidel Castro was out of […]
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Meetings are never the most exciting affairs. Perhaps that’s why the reaction to the Middle East Summit in Annapolis hasn’t been more enthusiastic. Then again, maybe it’s because there is a vague sense that what should be about reconciliation and peace seems more like a strategic tactic designed to draw one side closer together as […]
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It wasn’t until almost 6:00 PM that my new landlord got in touch with me yesterday with the lease for the new place, by time I got everything signed for, I had time to move a few items in, and then it was off to work. The live feed dumped out, and as a result, […]
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Esquire recently ran an article entitled The Secret History of the Impending War with Iran That the White House Doesn’t Want You to Know. I suppose you could say the title says it all, but there are dimensions to this crisis that go far beyond foreign policy blunders and international diplomatic intrigue.
Ideology has overtaken much […]
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The Bush Administration has made their next move against Iran. Make no mistake, war is imminent despite the fact that, as with Iraq, there is no clear threat to the United States. This is not brinksmanship. Once again, despite any talk of diplomacy or establishing an international consensus, the President and Vice President have no […]
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Before I head off to work tonight, I thought I’d quickly post an excellent segment from The Real News once again that asks the question I find myself asking: “Why Senator Clinton?”
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As expected, US relations with Turkey have taken a turn for the worse as a result of the 27-21 passage of H.RES.106  by the House Foreign Affairs committee declaring the 1915 killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks genocide. Today the dangerous potential consequences to the our troops in Iraq and the stability of the region […]
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Seymour Hersh of The New Yorker once again authors an excellent article, Shifting Targets, about the possible run-up to an attack on Iran. It’s well worth the read.
Thankfully, our congressional representatives are ever vigilant of the inevitable catastrophe that will result…Â or maybe not, as last week’s Senate 76-22 vote on the Kyl-Lieberman amendment against […]
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My time is somewhat short this evening, but I wanted to very briefly call attention to a couple of issues:
Tragically, the government has opened fire on the protesters in Myanmar.
The House has backed the Children’s Health Care Bill despite a veto threat from President Bush. Congressman Connie Mack IV, also voted against the bill, H.R. […]
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