Archive for the ‘war’ Category
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Iraq, Bush and the Upcoming Campaign
Posted on August 19, 2010
I was talking to my good friend Alex Mistri, a man who spent a year working for the military and the State Department in Iraq, and I asked him what...
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Blood and Iron
Posted on July 7, 2010
The nature of national identity came to my mind as I watched the World Cup yesterday. South Africa is hosting the soccer tournament, the first time an African nation has...
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National Guard Or a New National Drug Policy
Posted on April 27, 2010
I turned on Fox News and watched Laura Ingraham interviewing a State Senator from Illinois. The State Senator wants to call out the National Guard to patrol the streets of...
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Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures
Posted on April 26, 2010
The Mexican drug war has spilled out over the border in the Southwest and has helped precipitate the new immigration law that just was signed into law in Arizona. Washington...
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An Indispensable Insurance Policy
Posted on April 13, 2010
So, I came home last week to hear that traffic in Washington was going to be completely screwed up because of some nuclear weapons summit. Nuclear weapons summit? Are you...
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