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Tortured Memories and the Culture of War
It is difficult to imagine how any democracy could not be corrupted when war becomes the foundation of politics.
Kipling Haunts Obama’s Afghan War
The White Man's Burden, a phrase immortalized by English poet Rudyard Kipling as an excuse for European-American imperialism, was front and center October 29, 2009, at a RAND-sponsored discussion …
Cheney Could Not Recall Key Events About His Role in the Valerie Plame Leak
Evidence has surfaced over the years that shows Dick Cheney played a central role in the campaign to discredit Ambassador Wilson and may even have given the order to …
Hilarious Halloween
Everyone expects to see and hear some strange stuff whenever Halloween comes around. The definition of ‘strange,’ however, gets bent into all sorts of bizarre new shapes whenever the …
Motivation
George W. Bush made his debut as a motivational speaker to a packed house of adoring fans in Fort Worth, Texas.
Defense Secretary Gates Is Not a Diplomat
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates has played the “ugly American” in Tokyo, cast in a role he should not have been given.
Not Dead Yet
Politicians, political action groups and pundits have been declaring the “Public Option” all but dead.
Catching Up With the Crazy
Coming home, in retrospect, may have been an egregious tactical error on my part.
Schools and the Pedagogy of Punishment
Students are being miseducated, criminalized and arrested through a form of penal pedagogy in lockdown schools that resemble prisons
Republicans Are Irrelevant to Health Care Reform
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) voted for the weakest of the five health care bills passed by Congressional committees. Big deal. If the bill that goes to the Senate …