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Mr. Obama, Go Commemorate that Wall!
It’s one of those events for which you remember where you were, like 9/11 or the Challenger disaster. You remember seeing it on TV and experiencing remarkable thoughts and emotions for days, like the… more →
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With speech, president makes the conflict truly his own-NYT.
ramanan50 wrote 2 weeks ago: Statesman Obama knows that Afghan war is futile;practical politician Obama knows the price he has to … more →
He came, he saw, he flew away
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distancerpursuer wrote 1 month ago: I thought Obama was staying in Tokyo for a couple of weeks at least, what with all the hullabulloo … more →
LRT 2040? We need LRT 2020
michaeljanz wrote 1 month ago: Better transit, better roads, citizens says . I wasn’t really that surprised to read this stor … more →
Mr. Obama, Go Commemorate that Wall!
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theoptimisticconservative wrote 2 months ago: It’s one of those events for which you remember where you were, like 9/11 or the Challenger disaster … more →
Reconstruction for the Climate War?
James Lafayette Delgado ("Jimmy") Riggs wrote 2 months ago: This is a very big deal, even though Thom Yorke (or Pitchfork) hasn’t said so yet: CONVENTIONA … more →
Die Nobelbescheidenheit
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theoptimisticconservative wrote 2 months ago: Now and then trends emerge that are so portentous they seem to demand the creation of new words. Th … more →
Of Presidents and Generals
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theoptimisticconservative wrote 2 months ago: The flap over General McChrystal’s London speech (see here and here for predictable hyperventilation … more →
It Ain't All That
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theoptimisticconservative wrote 2 months ago: The Western media are dutifully plumping for President Obama’s Qom Gambit, unveiled this week in com … more →
How Brave the Meaningless
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theoptimisticconservative wrote 2 months ago: It is hard for me to be impressed by the determination of the Europeans and Canadians to walk out on … more →
Sending Theirs to the Morgue
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theoptimisticconservative wrote 3 months ago: “He pulls a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to th … more →
Next Candidate for the April Glaspie Award
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theoptimisticconservative wrote 4 months ago: Remember her? The US ambassador to Iraq who in the summer of 1990 left Saddam with the impression A … more →
Carrying On After Being Orphaned
Fernando Gagelonia wrote 4 months ago: We are settling back to our daily routines today having spent the 5th of August either monitoring or … more →
The Meaning of Pragmatism
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theoptimisticconservative wrote 6 months ago: The current terror in Iran is a stark reminder of a very old, but invariably forgotten lesson: that … more →
Founding Fathers
Mikki Cabrera wrote 6 months ago: Our revolutionary leaders wanted the best from their children. From the Wall Street Journal, June 20 … more →
Iran: Context, and Opportunity
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theoptimisticconservative wrote 6 months ago: There is so much going on in the region around Iran, it is hard to keep it all straight. The contex … more →
The Next Phase of World War IV?
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theoptimisticconservative wrote 6 months ago: This piece is the first in a multi-part series on the realignment developing in the Middle East, par … more →
More on Presidential Politics
rkurzweil wrote 6 months ago: This is a post from my mother, Shoshana Kurzweil, continuing on my theme of changes needed to the pr … more →
So?
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theoptimisticconservative wrote 6 months ago: What should we do about North Korea, understanding as we must that, as Gordon Chang affirms, our dip … more →
It's the Status Quo, Stupid
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theoptimisticconservative wrote 6 months ago: Pyongyang has gone and done it, now. In addition to conducting a nuclear test on 25 May, North Kore … more →
