I used to spend a lot of July 4ths abroad, several of them in Britain when I was leading travel-study groups of students. I enjoyed bringing over with me…
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The late Cal Tech Physicist and Nobel Laureate, Richard Feynman, used to employ an image of the earth rotating and, as it revolved, there would be a line of people…
There was a time when the Giant Panda slept rather quietly behind a giant screen. It always seem to prefer things that way, languishing in the desultory way of giant…
The only thing that George Bush has that distinguishes his presidency is preemptive war in Iraq. Prior to 9-11 he was widely regarded as a buffoon who had won high…
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.…
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…
When I was a boy we used to see, typically a few weeks after events, footage of WWII action on newsreels before watching a film noir at the local cinema.…