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“The voice of protest, of warning, of appeal is never more needed than when the clamor of fife and drum, echoed by the press and too often by the pulpit, is bidding all men fall in and keep step and obey in silence the tyrannous word of command. Then, more than ever, it is the duty of the good citizen not to be silent.” – Charles Eliot Norton

Saturday, October 31, 2009

"Take me back to . . . . when I could talk about the Soviets"

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Edward Luttwack has an interesting piece in Foreign Policy this month . . . interesting given his Cold War-era publication record. A quick...
Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Top Ten Ways to Convince Muslims the US is on a Crusade

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An unbelievable piece from Chris Rodda at the Huffington Post. Below is just #9 - read the whole post here : 9. Have top U.S. military offi...
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Saudi Businessmen and Global Warming . . .

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The FT has been really great at covering this long-running Saudi billionaire's feud. Today's article points out just how ridiculous...
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

My article on negotiations with Israel

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Beyond Muscle: Using Financial Leverage for Middle East Peace In late August, the U.S. and Israeli governments appeared to have settled on a...
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Monday, July 27, 2009

Taliban issue little blue book "Code of Conduct"

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"The Taliban in Afghanistan has issued a book laying down a code of conduct for its fighters. Al Jazeera has obtained a copy of the boo...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

In Italy, wedding bouquet throw crashes plane

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A Western cultural corollary to the gun fire that usually follows similar ceremonies in 'traditional' societies. Maybe brides shoul...
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New Info on (no longer) secret CIA program

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NYTimes has story , "CIA had plan to assassinate Al-Qaeda leaders."
Monday, July 13, 2009

How to be tough on Egypt AND Israel

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The JPost has an opinion article from last week that suggests the Obama Administration is being too easy on Egypt (I won't even address...

Britain halts some arms exports to Israel in response to Gaza conflict

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. . . . . yeah, like 5 out of almost 200 contracts: not exactly a penalty. Times Online has the story here .
Saturday, July 11, 2009

Apparently the shelf-life of American Exceptionalism is . . . . really long

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In the interest of full disclosure, I never read Gelb's "Power Rules: How Common Sense Can Rescue American Foreign Policy". F...
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