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75Another Day That Lives in Infamy
The insidious attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, from the Japanese government while its official were visiting in Washington DC, will never be forgotten. It was a shock in many ways. America was simply stunned...
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68War Poems
I'd like to offer up some links to poems written about war, mostly by those who were there. From the Civil War to the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, men and women have tried to convey what it was and is like...
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71Ode to the Lonely Soldier
Years ago, I wrote a novel about Sacramento, California in the 1960s, and in this tale a young guitar-playing man named Tom writes a song about a neighbor named Billy who dies while fighting in the army...
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57Colonialsm Alive and Kicking Heads in the 21st Century
Colonialism Alive and Kicking Heads in the 21st Century When someone mentions the word “colonialism,” this may evoke images of Joseph Conrad’s famous novel “Heart of Darkness.” Or,...
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53"No End In Sight" Review
The documentary, “No End in Sight”, by Charles Ferguson is a well produced movie on the events leading up to the American invasion of Iraq and some of the current issues today. “No End in...
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71NNNNNNNNNNNNNNineteen
Call me naive and sentimental, but I am worried about the number of young boys dying in my name in foreign lands such as Iraq and Afghanistan. If I was the boss I would bring them all home tomorrow and...
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66The War Came Home to Me Today
The war came home to me today. Little Danny Farkas is dead and that hit me in a place that no newspaper article, radio program, or CNN report can touch. It isn’t that I was close to Danny. It is just...
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53Mission Accomplished:Five Years later
“Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed. And now our coalition is engaged in securing and reconstructing that country…..President...
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45Random Thoughts from a Comedian
I'm a stand-up comedian. I have opened and performed with some successful comedians and I look at things in life and wonder about them. Some of these things make for good jokes, others just are bizarre. These...
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69Emotional War in Iraq
Seeing a child’s face on television covered in tears and dirt always has a deep emotional impact on me. International affairs, regarding the welfare of others, have always created the deepest wounds in...
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