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Fulbright in 1966-67; Visiting Lecturer in American Literature with Baghdad University/Texas University Exchange Program. Guest Lecturer for the American Authors Lecture Series for the United States Information Service in Iraq.

Co-authored with Carole Chaney "Baghdad Letters" in 2003, a collection of letters and journals written in 1966-67 in Iraq.
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SHARE More Sharing        Friday, April 4, 2008
Killing the Goose: A Fait Accompli You don't kill that proverbial goose if you want any more golden eggs. This time, the middle class can't come back because there is no industrial base, no consumer economy to keep it going. Those Americans have joined the struggling masses to await their fate in the next chapter of American history.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, March 3, 2008
Consider Impeachment an Intervention THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY BUSH COULD HURT AMERICA WORSE THAN HE ALREADY HAS, AND THAT WOULD BE TO TRY TO IMPLEMENT HIS NEW EXECUTIVE POWERS TO STAY IN OFFICE.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, February 26, 2008
WOULD YOU BE FOR IMPEACHMENT IF...? All this adds up to one thing: George W. Bush, President for Life. Believe it or not, there would still be that bedrock twenty per cent of Bush lovers who would say it was just fine if their Clown Prince stayed on.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, February 14, 2008
Redneck Economics ...the middle class is in for a change in life style if not in its standard of living. Keeping up with the Joneses, a middle class dream, may involve following the Joneses to the nearest trailer park.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, February 14, 2008
God Save Us from the Neocons Born Leaders Every One Who are these people? Where did they come from and how did they ever get control of the government? They've been sliding in and out of key positions in every administration for forty years.
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, January 27, 2008
Democrats' Lament: Oh Solomon, Where art Thou? Two candidates come to the American People and both say that the Democratic Party is theirs. We the wise electorate might ask questions, but in the end we would say, "OK, let's split the Democratic Party. You get one half, you get the other half." Bring in the lawyers and let's do it."
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, January 12, 2008
LOOKING INTO THE ABYSS If our leaders are deliberately deceiving us about the approaching Economic Tsunami, their misinformation is criminal-- If they don't see it coming, their incompetence is treasonous
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, December 10, 2007
Forget the Tapes! Artful deception from Bush/Cheney still hitting on all cylinders without Karl Rove around. If they aren't incredibley lucky, they are very very good, for by revealing the destruction of torture tapes, they ducked public debate on an impeachable offense: trumping up another war.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, November 21, 2007
CELEBRATING 40 YEARS SINCE WE SPUN OUT OF CONTROL: 1968 -- 2008 Eat your heart out Tom Brokaw. You have already done your stuff about your generation and it was your Dad's. This excerpt from "Little Rivers" concentrates on that time warp called the 'Sixties. At one point, Jan. 30, 1968, it seemed like time reversed and random chaos became the rule and even then, there was a lot more going on than anybody knew...
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, November 18, 2007
Dead Demos -- The Emperor's Media Hos -- No More G.I. Joes? Assorted issues that are all about the same thing: Fundamental Incompetence or Treason?
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, November 17, 2007
A Game of "What If?" contingency planning in a fictional setting
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Beyond the Spin America is caught up in a web of deceit. The only way to break free is to go beyond the spin and throw out the spinners
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, November 12, 2007
America Eats Her Young The greatest nation on earth has lost her way; here is a brief account of how this happened and where it might lead.

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