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October 03, 2007 11:12 AM EDT --
Making War To Keep Peace by Jean Kirkpatrick
Harper Collins, 2007
We Americans have assumed that most of the world's peoples shared our goals and values, especially our need to be free. . . .
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October 02, 2007 04:56 PM EDT --
SUPREME DISCOMFORT, The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas by Kevin Merida and Michael A. Fletcher published by Doubleday NY, 2007
This is a difficult book to rate but since I value fairness . . .
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September 22, 2007 12:18 PM EDT --
It was just a few months ago that we learned of the horrific bombing of the Golden Dome Mosque in Samarra. The area was a hotbed of insurgent violence.
"Violence ensued in Husseiniyah shortly after, . . .
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August 12, 2007 12:46 PM EDT --
I received this via e-mail -- a private communication from a Marine now serving in Iraq. These guys continue to tell us the same thing -- basically that what we're doing isn't what's being . . .
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August 05, 2007 02:11 PM EDT --
The American voter and the American media are not informed enough about the war in Iraq to voice opinions on it. In doing so, we are irresponsible and foolish. We may also destroy our country and our political . . .
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April 22, 2007 02:11 PM EDT --
In one of her speeches recently, Hilary Clinton said, "Rich people didn't make this country great. It was the middle class who made this country great." What a demonstration of ignorance. . . .
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April 20, 2007 09:02 AM EDT --
CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq, April 19, 2007 - Marine leaders here told Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates that they are "cautiously optimistic" about the situation in Anbar province during a briefing . . .
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February 04, 2007 04:01 PM EST --
This is s letter that is widely distributed over the internet. I'm publishing it here for two reasons, first, it echoes what I've heard from family and friends who have served in the very places . . .
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January 14, 2007 11:07 PM EST --
In my reading recently -- political blogs, newspapers, political magazines -- I've begun to seriously wonder if the United States has become an idiocracy instead of the republic it was intended . . .
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January 12, 2007 10:20 AM EST --
I received an e-mail this morning, sent by a person frustrated by the fact that newspapers often refuse to print letters that disagree with their editorial policies. Obviously a previous letter writer . . .
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December 31, 2006 04:39 PM EST --
President Ford was the only President of the United States that I ever met personally. Well, sort of met, that is. We weren't actually introduced, at least not in the usual way. It happened like . . .
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December 24, 2006 05:01 PM EST --
I am going to learn to eat fish this year.
I mean the kind of fish that is usually served in some kind of filet -- trout, cod, haddock -- those kinds of fishes. I already like shrimp and crab and scallops; . . .
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December 21, 2006 09:26 AM EST --
My aching heart sends forth its faith and, quavering,
The old beloved carol sounds beside your grave
As I kneel to brush aside the gently sifting snow
And, singing softly, herald once again the . . .
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December 17, 2006 08:44 PM EST --
Christmas, 1944
I was nine years old. I wanted more than anything a Tommy Tucker doll, a doll house, a 16mm movie projector with films to show. In 1944 the world was at war and everyone was dedicated . . .
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November 22, 2006 08:49 AM EST --
I can't believe it's been almost two months since I posted here! But it's been a happy and somewhat challenging two months, so I have no complaints.
We bought a house in Nebraska and . . .
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September 28, 2006 08:59 AM EDT --
We can always tell when Bill Clinton is lying. His behavior is classic: He becomes extremely agitated, defensive and agressive -- like he did in the interview with Chris Wallace recently.
He obviously . . .
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September 15, 2006 12:13 PM EDT --
Saudi "scholar" Suleiman al-Omar declared in June 2004: "Islam is advancing according to a steady plan. America will be destroyed." He may be right and here are some of the reasons . . .
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September 13, 2006 11:00 PM EDT --
We've put a lot of miles on the car in the past couple of months. Now that air travel has gotten so crazy, we just prefer to drive. It's actually less tiring that enduring the stress of . . .
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August 17, 2006 08:31 AM EDT --
The French villanelle turned out to be a true challenge for me. In the traditional Villanelle:
The lines are grouped into five tercets and a concluding quatrain. Thus a Villanelle has . . .
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August 16, 2006 07:28 PM EDT --
Well Ladies and Gentlemen, I did it.
I got up the nerve to publish one of my memoir stories in the Amazon contest. It's one that encompasses just about all life has to offer from beginnings to endings . . .
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