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A Persian President in New York: Ahmadinejad weathers “welcome” — videos

American historian Carl Becker has an astute observation, previously cited here, that often, Whether arguments command assent or not depends less upon the logic that conveys them than upon the … Continue reading

25 September, 2007 · 8 Comments

Phil Rockstroh: Who are you calling a moonbat, anyway?

Introducing the Guest Post/ Essay/ column feature. These are contributions sent by the article author expressly for publication at peoplesgeography.com. Occasional contributions are invited and may be on a non-exclusive … Continue reading

24 September, 2007 · Leave a comment

Ret. General Abizaid on a nuclear Iran

When General Abizaid succeeded Tommy Franks as Commander of CENTCOM in 2003, much was made of his paternal Lebanese heritage, Middle East scholarship and fluent Arabic. He claimed that he … Continue reading

19 September, 2007 · 7 Comments

The case of the curious taser incident

UPDATE II: The clearest video clip yet: Following from the UCLA student tasered last November, another incident is rapidly making its way to international coverage across the web. This time, … Continue reading

19 September, 2007 · 11 Comments

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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