As President Obama departed for Israel, there came a startling report. Bashar Assad’s regime had used poison gas on Syrian rebels. Two Israeli Cabinet members claimed credible evidence. Justice Minister Tzipi Livni said, “It’s clear for us that (gas is) being used. … This … should be on the table in the discussions.” Yet, 72 …
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My apologies for the lack of a column – and please don’t ask. I’m sure I’ll recover…. At any rate, I thought I’d revive an old Antiwar.com tradition: on those days where I was absent due to circumstances apparently beyond my control, we used to feature an "oldie but goodie." So here’s one: my column …
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There is a fascinating study just waiting to be written on the topic of Bosnia’s political jokes, evolved over the centuries to express opinions of governments that didn’t much care for freedom of speech. One such joke tells of a man who, after the Bosnian War, emigrated to the West somewhere. Visiting his relatives in …
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At least eight Iraqis were killed and seven more were wounded in today’s attacks.
The rumbling drone of a fleet of U.S. helicopters carrying security and administrative personnel could be heard long before the eight choppers came into view over the Ramallah horizon on their way to the Palestinian Authority (PA) presidential compound in the West Bank de facto capital Ramallah. The helicopters circled over the city several times, …
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In 1798, when John Adams was president of the United States, the feds enacted four pieces of legislation called the Alien and Sedition Acts. One of these laws made it a federal crime to publish any false, scandalous or malicious writing — even if true — about the president or the federal government, notwithstanding the …
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In 1939 Germany blitzkrieged into Poland and France and Britain declared war. The Germans divided the conquered country with their ally, Stalin’s Soviet Union, and the two belligerents mopped up Polish resistance, a process that subsequently included the slaughter of twenty-two thousand Polish officers and intelligentsia by the Russians at Katyn Forest. France missed the …
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Fewer attacks occured today. Still, at least 12 people were killed and 34 more were wounded.
The youthful Left was once the most active antiwar current on campus: recall the days of the Vietnam era antiwar movement, when "Hey, hey, LBJ, how many kids did you kill today?" was heard on college campuses from Berkeley to NYU and all points in between. It was Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) that …
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As usual, at the recent Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), speaker after speaker idolized the stylized image of Ronald Reagan. Unfortunately, humans believe images, which often diverge from reality; that’s why advertising on TV works. The same is true in politics. And since politics depends heavily on selling yourself, accusations from the left were misplaced …
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