Mr. McGuire: I just want to say one word to you – just one word. Ben: Yes sir. Mr. McGuire: Are you listening? Ben: Yes I am. Mr. McGuire: ‘Plastics.’…
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Religion and war making go all the way back to Gilgamesh, the great priest-warrior-king who expunged his enemies and razed their cities in the same lands and with the same…
What goes around, comes around, goes the cliché. What’s going around a lot these days is walls, around neighborhoods and occupied territories and perhaps soon to be, around cities themselves—again.…
It is often said of war that its first victim is Truth. In the media circus that surrounds tragedies like that at Virginia tech, the second (or, third, or thirty-third)…
Everyone knows the story of Marco Polo, the Venetian who went to China, befriended the great Khan, and brought back marvelous tales of the exotic Cathay. Polo himself dictated…
He’s the darling of America’s political conservatives and right-wing fundamentalist Christian evangelists. George Bush idolizes him, so does Jerry Falwell. General Boykin says He could kick Mohammad’s ass…
In the McDonalds in this western area of Beijing I am upstairs eating with ye-ye’s, ba-ba’s and kids and grandkids on a Saturday morning. Under the din I can hear the refrains…
Many times in these pages I have opined on the cowardice and stubborn stupidity of George W. Bush. He never seems to disappoint in proving himself to be singularly unsuited…
Today we entered colder waters with less wind, but deeper, longer swells out of the east that added a slight roll to the ship’s pitch because our heading is now…
Take a photo of somebody from an aboriginal tribe. That’s if you can find an aboriginal tribe anymore that isn’t into rap music, or opening a casino. Take a little…