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October 02, 2006 01:00 PM EDT --
This past week has been a doozy when it comes to our perceptions of the War in Iraq. The National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) was leaked to the press, describing the War in Iraq as causing an increase . . . more
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April 29, 2007 02:14 PM EDT --
INTRODUCTION
A few days ago I happened to turn on the Charlie Rose (CR) TV show. On it he was interviewing President Bush (GWB). Somewhere toward the end of the one hour discussion CR asked . . . more
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January 04, 2007 06:29 AM EST --
I almost shot my horse.
It was the tail-end of elk season and the heavy snows had forced my son and I down from our high camp at 5,000 feet near Craggy Peak, not far from the Cascade crest, half way between . . . more
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May 19, 2007 04:57 PM EDT --
Mike Moore recently paid, anonymously, the twelve thousand dollar medical bill of one of his critics. There are some who claim it was a cynical attempt to silence his critic. Although twelve thousand . . . more
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December 17, 2006 02:08 PM EST --
From the J-Post, on what I consider to be good news:
Rafsanjani, one of Ahmadinejad's main opponents, gained almost two times more votes than the presidential candidate Mohamad-Taqi Mesbah- Yazdi, . . . more
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October 02, 2006 10:24 PM EDT --
Certainty encourages persecution. Certainty excludes love. Certainty leads to ignorance.
Guard yourself from being certain about anything. I have found in my career as a user experience . . . more
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June 16, 2006 08:38 PM EDT --
I had come to Hong Kong by ferry from Macau, one hour to the west. By the time I was checked for SARS, got my passport stamped, and found my way from the international terminal (on Hong Kong Island) . . . more
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July 30, 2006 12:21 PM EDT --
Evidently pretty bad, and it doesn't look like things will get better anytime soon. Even if you don't read newspapers, or political blogs, even if you are not black and still living in a trailer . . . more
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November 09, 2006 01:36 AM EST --
...Just imagine the world as our ancestors knew it – world without modern communication, Internet and TV, the world where one could leave his (or her) home for months, maybe even for years, without . . . more
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June 14, 2006 12:23 PM EDT --
A fifteen-minute trudge through cold rain finally brought me to a van going from the Kyrgyz city of Osh, where I had spent the last several days enjoying some of the best outdoor cafes in central Asia, . . . more
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January 17, 2008 05:54 PM EST --
This is a rough draft I wrote a while ago. I'm publishing it because I feel it complements the commentary of another article here on Gather.
There are three important . . . more
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February 15, 2007 01:50 PM EST --
Here are the claims:
"A stable Iraq is a crucial strategic victory in the War on Terror"
(1) U.S. withdrawal will leave Iraq a safe-haven for terrorists who plan to attack the U.S.
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August 30, 2006 11:43 PM EDT --
What Keith Olbermann did tonight took true courage. Not the faux, pseudo-decisive "stick-to-my-guns" variety of our failing President, but the very real courage of someone who took a chance, . . . more
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December 06, 2006 09:20 PM EST --
First days are always about impressions. So are first posts. I’m glad I waited until I had time to process what I’ve so far seen, otherwise I’d have misled you and me.
Please excuse . . . more
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August 27, 2006 07:55 PM EDT --
Not that it really matters, and not that many people will believe Nasrallah is sincere, but today he apparently says he regrets giving orders to kidnap Israeli soldiers, which started a brief, 34 day . . . more
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July 05, 2006 03:29 PM EDT --
repeated here for wider consideration...
Gibbs, I thank you for that comment. If you and I can understand each other, then all surely can. Which leads me to comment further to all in general, or specifically . . . more
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July 21, 2006 02:27 AM EDT --
I've postponed a month-long plan to publish a photo essay from a 2003 trip I made to Gaza. There are several reasons for this, most of them to do with being busy lately, but the primary reason . . . more
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December 23, 2007 07:10 AM EST --
Glad I didn't say what I wanted to say last night at work!
I overheard two ladies talking & evidently, they were getting ready to go home for the evening.
One said to the other, "So . . . more
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August 28, 2006 05:31 PM EDT --
Senator John McCain evidently visited the Caucasus today, the Republic of Georgia to be precise. As Stratfor reports:
U.S. Sen. John McCain visited a new Georgian military base at Senaki, Georgia, on . . . more
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August 28, 2006 05:42 PM EDT --
Now this is smart politics:
Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal on Friday reported that Hill Democrats may try to hold a no-confidence vote on Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld during consideration of . . . more
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