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Pre-Election Terrorising for political gain (US)

See William Greider, ‘Fear and Smear‘ in the Nation (12 Aug 2006) and a refreshing Editorial in the LA Times on Tuesday 15 August, entitled ‘Pre-Election Terroising‘, averring that the … Continue reading

16 August, 2006 · Leave a comment

From a year ago, this article seemed apposite in light of current contrivances of terror

Dance of deception By James M. Wall Christian Century Magazine | 9 August 2005 Among the messages of sympathy that poured into London following the July 7 bombings were condolences … Continue reading

16 August, 2006 · 1 Comment

The Anti-American Century? ‘Why They Hate Us’ By Julia E. Sweig

Los Angeles Times Tuesday 15 August 2006 No, it’s not our freedoms. Anti-Americanism isn’t going away until the US puts some fairness in its foreign policy. America’s moral standing in … Continue reading

16 August, 2006 · Leave a comment

‘Withdrawing doesn’t work’: the distorted logic of Netanyahu and his ilk

It always bemuses me how wanton distortion of causality works. It recalls the famous remark from Francis Bacon, recalling Aesop: It was prettily devised of Aesop: The fly sat upon … Continue reading

16 August, 2006 · Leave a comment

Timely Reminders

"Those who crusade, not for God in themselves, but against the devil in others, never succeed in making the world better, but leave it either as it was, or sometimes perceptibly worse than what it was, before the crusade began. By thinking primarily of evil we tend, however excellent our intentions, to create occasions for evil to manifest itself."
-- Aldous Huxley

"The only war that matters is the war against the imagination. All others are subsumed by it."
-- Diane DiPrima, "Rant", from Pieces of a Song.

"It is difficult
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack
of what is found there"
-- William Carlos Williams, "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower"


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