Eric Florack on October 20th, 2011

Brunswick, NJ– I’m going up to Queens in the morning, then back into Jersey and then to Connecticut.  Drying out now, but cool. Truck is fine, and I am as well.

  • Occupy Wall Street and the Chicago ’68 Riots I

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davidl on September 9th, 2011

from Eugene Robinson, Washington Post:

The war our enemies began on Sept. 11, 2001, is long over. Perhaps now, after 10 years of anxiety and self-doubt, we can acknowledge our victory and begin the postwar renewal and reconciliation that

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davidl on June 12th, 2011

DavidL's Breakfast Scramble
Very interesting, from Toby Harnden, Telegraph(UK):

Whether or not she[Sarah Palin] runs for the White House – and the solid consensus among Republican leaders is that she won’t – the scramble over the Palin emails confirms her status as

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davidl on February 2nd, 2011

DavidL's Breakfast Scramble
Coherence from Cohen, some sobering questions from Richard Cohen no Egypt, from the Washington Post:

Egypt’s problems are immense. It has a population it cannot support, a standard of living that is stagnant and a self-image as leader

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davidl on July 19th, 2010

From Jake Tapper, ABC News:

Speaking about the Uganda bombings, the president said, “What you’ve seen in some of the statements that have been made by these terrorist organizations is that they do not regard African life as valuable

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davidl on September 11th, 2009

In Meroory of and Tribut to our heros of Nine ElevenNine Eleven was a day which made me feel humble but proud to be an American.   It was a day when off-duty firefighters went into the burning towers knowing full well they would never come out.   It was day when

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