Bomb, Bomb Iran
Steve Bomb, Bomb Iran Alexandria The day before Christmas, Alan Kuperman, from the University of Texas at Austin made the case that we should bomb Iran. This has received a bit of pushback. Thomas...
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Steve Ending Wars Alexandria Andrew Bacevich at The American Conservative notes that we are not good at ending wars. Key quotes….. Since 1945, the United States military has devoted itself to the...
View ArticleRussia and China: Fewer Nukes and No Nukes
Steve Russia and China: Fewer Nukes and No Nukes Alexandria While most people have concentrated on health care, much is happening in foreign affairs. First, Josh Rogin notes that we have agreed to a...
View ArticleA Little Perspective on US-Iran Relations
Truth A Little Perspective on US-Iran Relations Alexandria Many people have a selected memory about America’s role in international politics in the past sixty years. To some, the United States...
View ArticleIt’s A Fool’s World
Truth It’s A Fool’s World Alexandria The anticipation over the success of Iran’s nuclear program has gotten so euphoric in some circles in the United States and Israel, that the fact that Iran is still...
View ArticleGreek Cabinet shuffle, Ramadan, cholera shots, helping paralyzed people speak
Lynn Greek Cabinet shuffle, Ramadan, cholera shots, helping paralyzed people speak Alexandria Greece’s new Cabinet was sworn in after a late night shuffle, “with Prime Minister George Papandreou...
View ArticleSufi Quakers, Bullsh*t Feminism, a Wife Who’s an Easy Lay, and Other Links
Lynn Sufi Quakers, Bullsh*t Feminism, a Wife Who’s an Easy Lay, and Other Links Alexandria Muslim Leaders Plan ‘Open Mosque’ Events to Counter Backlash. … Muslim leaders gathered Monday at the site of...
View ArticleOf Greek universities, Turkish judges, Ashton Kutcher, and other links
Lynn Of Greek universities, Turkish judges, Ashton Kutcher, and other links Alexandria Ashton Kutcher Has Little Twitter Influence [STUDY]. Iran ‘attacked’ by computer worm. (That’s the Al Jazeera...
View ArticleWikileaks and Cablegate
Lynn Wikileaks and Cablegate Alexandria First, a quick round up of the five media outlets that got this latest set of leaked diplomatic documents from Wikileaks: The New York Times (more here). The...
View ArticleA night at the opera (Don Pasquale), and more recent movie rentals
Lynn A night at the opera (Don Pasquale), and more recent movie rentals Alexandria Last week, Joel and I went to see Don Pasquale, through the Metropolitan Opera at the movie theater deal. Don Pasquale...
View ArticleSomewhere beyond the barricade is there a world you long to see?
Lynn Somewhere beyond the barricade is there a world you long to see? Alexandria My Alexandria co-blogger, Hyphenated-American, dreads the outcome of the protests in Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria, Yemen, and...
View ArticleBreaking news: Osama bin Laden still dead
Lynn Breaking news: Osama bin Laden still dead Alexandria OK, you all know that’s not really today’s breaking news. This evening’s breaking news is that Arab TV has announced that Khameini has...
View Article‘That the region will clarify’ into Shia and Sunni
H. M. Stuart ‘That the region will clarify’ into Shia and Sunni Alexandria Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere...
View ArticleRikki-Tikki-Tavi, Israel and Iran
H. M. Stuart Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, Israel and Iran Alexandria Those familiar with Kipling’s tale are aware of the story’s implicit moral, that cobra eggs mean future cobras. Which brings us to Israel and...
View ArticleWhat If Cyrus the Great Had a Nuclear Ballistic Missile?
H. M. Stuart What If Cyrus the Great Had a Nuclear Ballistic Missile? Alexandria Or, why the chances of someone you know dying in radioactive Middle Eastern sand now trend toward virtual certainty....
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