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Bradley Manning’s Incarceration
Bradley Manning, the Wikileaks source, is in solitary confinement. Is this a pre-judicial harrassment designed to set an example to other GI’s? Continue reading
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Observations about our current dilemmas in the Middle East
Everyone else is proposing solutions, so I shall restrain myself to a few tips about the Arab World based on personal experience. Continue reading
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Libya: Evaluating Obama’s Role
The great debate over our intervention in Libya largely misses a key element, the future power of the UNSC as peacemaker. President Obama deserves credit for sensitivity to this issue. Continue reading
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The Sweet Spot
Are we really stuck with only two choices, world cop versus fortress America? Is there no middle way? Of course there’s a middle way, in fact there are quite a lot of them… Continue reading
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Qaddafi, a Wild Card in the Arab Deck
There are important differences between the current revolt in Libya and the revolutions that have shaken Tunisia and Egypt. Continue reading
Our veto in the Security Council
The figleaf we used to cover our veto of the UNSC resolution on Israeli settlements was transparent. The consequences of our dishonorable act will be profound. Continue reading
After Cairo> (update)
I was smart twelve days ago (“After Cairo”) to hedge my bets. This update is pretty modest too. I repeat, the Middle East is the graveyard of prophets. Continue reading
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American Exceptionalism and the Crisis in Cairo
In Egypt we find ourselves conflicted between our ideals and our interests. It is a recurrent problem, which we’ll never find answers to until and unless we renounce ambitions to run the world. Continue reading
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After Cairo?
Recognizing that the Middle East has buried many prophets, here are a coupole of very tentative thoughts about where the revolution in Egypt is headed, its impact on the region, and how our govenrment may be responding. Continue reading
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Exit Keith Olbermann
Is Keith Olbermann’s removal a sign that the radical right is aiming for a monopoly in TV’s talk show industry? And if so, what does that signify? Continue reading
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Who Owns Human Rights?
Who has the right to define human rights? The prevailing view in the USA is that the UN Declaration of Universal Human Rights is the gold standard. But others, like the Chinese, disagree. I offer one humanist’s view… Continue reading
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Entropy and Life
Regard life as a principle whose prime agent is evolution, that creates complexity out of simplicity. Think of it as the polar opposite of entropy. Doesn’t this duality between entropy and life provide a sounder basis for a modern world view than the older religions? Continue reading
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American Exceptionalism
Most Americans consider our country exceptional but too many of them do so for the wrong reasons. Continue reading
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Leveraging and Language
Leveraging is a term that morphed into popular usage when enough people realized the banks had mulcted them. Continue reading
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The Second American Revolution
The real sources of American strength and greatness Continue reading
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Reflections on the Nature of Human Evolution
Personal thoughts on the nature of evolution in general and human cultural evolution in particular. Continue reading
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What Makes People Become Suicide Bombers?
Whatever it is, it is not religion. Continue reading
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No-Fly Zone over Libya?
We need a decison by the Security Council before we participate in a no-fly-zone regime over Libya. Continue reading
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So You Want to Be an Emperor?
Advice for the exceptionally ambitious young American who aspires to become the dictator of the formerly democratic United States of America Continue reading
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Are we running out of gas in Afghanistan?
It’s not too late to quit now, before our war there runs completely out of gas. Continue reading
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