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ALL GLORY IS FLEETING
It wasn’t until the evening of June 5, 2011, that I remembered how I had spent that same day 43 years earlier–in 1968. I was then 16, and finishing my first semester of high school. During the early...
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A LIE TOLD BY BULLIES
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. –1984, by George Orwell Sarah Palin and Richard “Rick” Santorum may not have read Orwell’s classic novel....
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TWO ANNIVERSARIES
“For it is the doom of men that they forget.” –Merlin, in “Excalibur” June 6–a day of glory and tragedy. The glory came 68 years ago–on Tuesday, June 6, 1944. On that morning, Americans awoke to...
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TWO ANNIVERSARIES–ONE GLORIOUS, THE OTHER TRAGIC
“For it is the doom of men that they forget.” –Merlin, in “Excalibur” June 6–a day of glory and tragedy. The glory came 69 years ago–on Tuesday, June 6, 1944. On that morning, Americans awoke to...
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WHY THE RIGHT WINS AND THE LEFT LOSES
Most Americans believe Nazi Germany was defeated because “we were the Good Guys and they were the Bad Guys.” Not so. The United States–and its allies, Great Britain and the Soviet Union–won the war for...
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ONE DAY, TWO ANNIVERSARIES
“For it is the doom of men that they forget.” –Merlin, in “Excalibur” June 6–a day of glory and tragedy. The glory came 70 years ago–on Tuesday, June 6, 1944. On that morning, Americans awoke to...
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THE LIE OF “VICTORY THROUGH AIR POWER”
Victory Through Air Power is a 1943 Walt Disney animated Technocolor feature film released during World War II. It’s based on the book–of the same title–by Alexander P. de Seversky. Its thesis is...
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NO “VICTORY THROUGH AIR POWER” IN IRAQ
With forces of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) launching a blitzkreig throughout Iraq, President Barack Obama seems to have caught the “Victory Through Airpower” disease. ISIS has thrown the...
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THE LIE–AND TRAP–OF “VICTORY THROUGH AIR POWER”
Victory Through Air Power is a 1943 Walt Disney animated Technocolor feature film released during World War II. It’s based on the book–of the same title–by Alexander P. de Seversky. Its thesis is...
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FORGET ABOUT “VICTORY THROUGH AIR POWER”
Victory Through Air Power is a 1943 Walt Disney animated Technocolor feature film released during World War II. It’s based on the book–of the same title–by Alexander P. de Seversky. Its thesis is...
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JUNE 6: ONE DAY, TWO ANNIVERSARIES
“For it is the doom of men that they forget.” –Merlin, in “Excalibur” June 6–a day of glory and tragedy. The glory came 71 years ago–-on Tuesday, June 6, 1944. On that morning, Americans awoke to...
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WHY THE RIGHT WINS AND THE LEFT LOSES
Most Americans believe that Nazi Germany was defeated because “we were the Good Guys and they were the Bad Guys.” Not so. The United States–and its allies, Great Britain and the Soviet Union–won the...
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WHY FASCISTS WIN AND LIBERALS LOSE
Most Americans believe that Nazi Germany was defeated because “we were the Good Guys and they were the Bad Guys.” Not so. The United States–and its allies, Great Britain and the Soviet Union– won the...
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WORDS AS WEAPONS: PART ONE (OF THREE)
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks appear every Friday on the PBS Newshour to review the week’s major political events. On May 27, Shields–a liberal, and...
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WORDS AS WEAPONS: PART TWO (OF THREE)
Donald Trump, “for all his moral flaws, is a marketing genius.” So stated New York Times columnist David Brooks on the May 27 edition of the PBS Newshour. “And you look at what he does. He just picks a...
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WORDS AS WEAPONS: PART THREE (END)
Massachusetts U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren seems to know something that most of her fellow Democrats don’t–or choose to ignore. Nazi Germany wasn’t defeated because “we were the Good Guys and they...
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WIMPS ON THE LEFT, BULLIES ON THE RIGHT
Most Americans believe that Nazi Germany was defeated because “we were the Good Guys and they were the Bad Guys.” Not so. The United States–and its allies, Great Britain and the Soviet Union–won the...
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WORDS FOR TYRANTS–AND LIBERATORS: PART ONE (OF TWO)
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks appear every Friday on the PBS Newshour to review the week’s major political events. On May 27, 2016, Shields—a liberal, and...
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WORDS FOR TYRANTS–AND LIBERATORS: PART TWO (END)
On the May 27, 2016 edition of the PBS Newshour, syndicated columnist Mark Shields noted the ability of Elizabeth Warren to rattle Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump: “Elizabeth Warren gets...
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FIGHTING TANKS WITH DAISIES
Most Americans believe that Nazi Germany was defeated because “we were the Good Guys and they were the Bad Guys.” Not so. The United States—and its allies, Great Britain and the Soviet Union—won the...
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