Desert-Loving English?

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  In one of the opening scenes of "Lawrence of Arabia", (1962) when T E Lawrence was introduced to King Hussein, the king asked him, "Please don't tell you are one of those desert-loving English". Mike...

In Celebration of the Neocons

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In 2004, awaiting a vote in the newly liberated Iraq, their first democratic vote ever, I wrote my first published essay, "Prospects for Democracy in the Middle East", a 5500 word opus, and a pro-Iraq...

If It Sneaks in the Night like a Raid, and Targets Like a Raid

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It's a raid. Dammit. And not a war. A raid is designed to achieve a limited objective. Raids are not impetuous, born of anger or moral indignation...so no, Ivanka seeing children dead from gas did not...

Sad Mamas

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Postscript I watched a gathering of parents and children at my YMCA gym for their weekly 2-hour session teaching young 5-6 year olds how to handle and shoot a basketball. About 20 kids, all races, each with a parent, mom or dad standing behind them,...