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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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OpEdNews Member for 222 week(s) and 5 day(s)

13 Articles, 2 Quick Links, 391 Comments, 14 Diaries, 2 Polls

391 Comments

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Sunday, January 1, 2012 at 2:02:19 PM

Article : "A Toast to Clark Griswold, Our Man of the Year"

thanks clark


Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 11:52:08 AM

Article : "The Hidden Cause of Clinical Depression"

The true cause of depression


Tuesday, July 5, 2011 at 9:22:50 PM

Article : "MSM Garbage Dump TV Must Find New Filler As Jury Finds Casey"

Anthony verdict prompts new calls for jury IQ tests.


Monday, July 4, 2011 at 8:48:55 PM

Article : "Fundamentalist Religion Will Destroy The World"

fundies are fearful


Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 2:26:19 PM

Article : "Heed the Warning Signs; America is Edging Ever Closer to a S"

Well said, Michael


Saturday, June 11, 2011 at 8:54:47 PM

Article : "Hemp, The Great Green Hope"

Shout it from the rooftops!


Monday, May 30, 2011 at 9:40:40 PM

Diary : "Teabagger Queen Palin Spits on Nation's War Dead"

Rant on, Brother Ed


Monday, May 9, 2011 at 8:24:00 PM

Article : "How Progressives Can Take Back America"

Home Run, Len!


Friday, April 29, 2011 at 8:18:00 PM

Article : "You need to read this! Rob Kall's declaration of war"

I'M IN, ED.


Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 1:58:55 PM

Article : "NOW Press Release"

NOW must recognize the Gop's war on women.


Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 1:46:52 PM

Article : "Republican Henchmen Get Their Grimy Hands on State Education"

Alabama, first in the nation


Monday, April 4, 2011 at 12:37:20 PM

Article : "Conservative Bomb Thrower Has a Bomb Explode in His Lap"

well said


Sunday, March 27, 2011 at 1:08:33 PM

Article : "Is You Itching for Rescue Again?"

Best thing I've seen to date


Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at 4:12:48 PM

Article : "Is "Morning Joe" Scarborough a Murderer?"

Murderer, who knows?


Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 7:21:14 PM

Article : "Four Ticking Time Bombs That Will Soon Ignite a Revolution"

Why wait?


Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at 4:16:09 PM

Article : "Contempt"

Truth is power


Monday, March 7, 2011 at 10:10:19 PM

Article : "Limbaugh/Hannity Parent Company Admits Hiring Actors to Call"

Deception is the norm


Monday, March 7, 2011 at 6:21:54 PM

Diary : "Tampering with 9/11 Flight Records Revealed!"

Whistle Blowers 0 Government 1000s


Sunday, February 27, 2011 at 8:24:09 AM

Quicklink : "Rupert Murdoch and David Koch Collude Against Wisconsin Work"

Where are Palin's crosshairs when they are needed?


Friday, February 25, 2011 at 7:52:16 PM

Article : "Ronald Reagan: Setting the Record Straight"

The truth shall make you free


Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 3:47:33 PM

Article : "You Can Count on the Elite to Seal Its Own Fate"

Good point


Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 11:16:13 AM

Article : "Teaparty Uses Dirty Tricks to Reverse Public Narrative in Wi"

The labor issue is just another smokescreen. A red herring.


Monday, February 21, 2011 at 1:31:17 PM

Article : "World War III / A Class War between The people and Corpocrac"

It has never been said so clearly


Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 4:04:46 PM

Article : "How Angry Are You? Time To Channel and Say It Smartly"

Well said, Scott


Saturday, February 19, 2011 at 12:54:20 PM

Article : "The USA MATRIOT Act"

Right Wing Women


Saturday, February 19, 2011 at 11:52:31 AM

Article : "How Angry Are You? Time To Channel and Say It Smartly"

It's all over but the shoutin'


Monday, February 7, 2011 at 5:23:12 PM

Article : "Socialist Green Bay Packers Win Superbowl"

The first real superbowl


Sunday, February 6, 2011 at 7:31:18 PM

Article : "The Unfortunate Truth About Ronald Reagan -- Neither a Great"

boo rah


Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 6:48:17 PM

Poll : "Poll: Did The Arizona Shooting Destroy Sarah Palin's Chance "

No, but her response did.


Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 6:08:19 PM

Poll : "Poll: Does religion do more harm than good?"

The Missing Eleventh Commandment


Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at 6:45:35 PM

Poll : "Poll: Does religion do more harm than good?"

The Missing Eleventh Commandment


Friday, January 21, 2011 at 10:49:02 PM

Article : "Soldiers Forced to See Chaplain After Failing Spiritual Fitn"

Pentagon or Pentagram?


Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 8:18:36 AM

Article : "A Memo to Sarah Palin"

Confidence and Ignorance


Saturday, January 15, 2011 at 8:41:52 PM

Article : "Irony of Ironies in Tucson!"

well said


Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 4:29:10 PM

Article : "See, I Told You So Comes Back Around to Bite Rush Limbaugh"

Exposed is right


Monday, January 10, 2011 at 10:44:24 AM

Diary : "Kristol and Palin Reap the Whirlwind in Arizona"

Palin: reload!


Saturday, November 6, 2010 at 2:04:23 PM

Article : "Huckabee, Bachman Lie Again"

Thanks, friend.


Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at 12:31:55 AM

Article : "Don't Worry, Be Happy!"

Thanks Kathy


Sunday, October 17, 2010 at 12:16:48 PM

Article : "Traitors in the Supreme Court Erased Our Most Precious Secur"

Rob, does the constitution


Friday, September 24, 2010 at 8:02:47 PM

Article : "A Word From The Wise"

An interesting option for Democrats


Friday, September 24, 2010 at 7:32:38 PM

Article : "Can Anyone Stop Rove's Crime Against Democracy While it is i"

Didn't you know?


Friday, September 10, 2010 at 12:42:14 AM

Article : "Our Infotainment-Based Media and a Mentally ill Cult Leader"

A hoard of locusts


Monday, September 6, 2010 at 11:02:01 PM

Article : "Corporations Are People"

Right on Dennis


Saturday, September 4, 2010 at 8:33:13 PM

Article : "Corporations Are People"

SCROTUS (supreme court republicans of United States)


Saturday, September 4, 2010 at 8:17:04 PM

Article : "Mad Men: The Psychopaths of Power Play the Insanity Card"

Thanks Chris


Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at 8:35:03 PM

Article : "The Trilogy of Despair as Bin Laden Dances in His Cave"

We were tricked by misdirection


Saturday, August 14, 2010 at 6:04:14 PM

Diary : "The Church of Ignorance"

a ditty for reprise


Friday, August 13, 2010 at 5:43:38 PM

Article : "I'm looking for a word"

A more clinical word:


Friday, August 13, 2010 at 5:11:04 PM

Article : "Does Obama Fear "Bottom Kill" of BP Gulf Well? BP Insider gi"

The newest same old story


Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 7:18:41 PM

Article : "Rupert Murdoch Ain't No Friend Of Mine"

Murdoch proves that the elites are very low class people.


Sunday, August 8, 2010 at 1:48:41 PM

Article : "THE WHITE HOT URGENCY OF NOW"

Good analysis, Ms Pitt


Sunday, August 8, 2010 at 10:52:58 AM

Article : "And, So, The Love Affair Ends. President Obama's Political B"

Not gonna happen


Sunday, August 8, 2010 at 9:42:37 AM

Quicklink : "The Critical Unraveling of U.S. Society"

Written in '09, the clock has now stopped


Sunday, August 1, 2010 at 9:15:14 PM

Article : "Are They Killing The Gulf On Purpose?"

A Brilliant Conspiracy


Sunday, July 25, 2010 at 9:28:20 PM

Article : "How the Internet can Benefit Journalism"

Thoughtful analysis, Patrick


Monday, July 19, 2010 at 12:20:51 AM

Article : "Thad Allen Tells BP Seabed "Seeping" and Demands More Monito"

More BP subterfuge?


Friday, July 16, 2010 at 2:51:25 PM

Article : "The Veil is Lifted, The Gloves Are Off"

Thanks for your courage


Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 7:46:51 PM

Article : "BP Blown out well should not be pressure tested. Chris Landa"

There's the rub


Sunday, July 11, 2010 at 9:13:57 PM

Article : "Commenting on OpEdNews.com"

Answers to survey on comments


Friday, July 9, 2010 at 10:04:09 AM

Article : "Do not go gentle into that Republican night"

You go, Ed, another homer


Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 9:04:20 PM

Article : "Understanding the BP Oil Tragedy: Time Blindness"

We can be pretty stupid, all right


Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 11:56:42 AM

Article : "Listen All Y'all, It's a Republican Sabotage"

Amen Bob


Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 10:39:53 AM

Article : "BP'S Benzene Blows ashore in the Gulf. Chris Landau (Geologi"

Chris, you are a hero


Monday, July 5, 2010 at 8:53:44 PM

Quicklink : "Jerome Guillett: Windpower's Problem: It Makes Energy Too C"

Nicola Tesla, see the docudrama on the wizard of electricity


Monday, July 5, 2010 at 6:13:00 PM

Article : "Oh No, Biden in Iraq to Unravel the Tangle in Iraqi Election"

Good historical perspective, Dave


Monday, July 5, 2010 at 1:58:56 PM

Quicklink : "New study finds cell phones kill honey bees"

Ask your phone company to change the signal


Sunday, July 4, 2010 at 11:10:12 PM

Diary : "Independence Day"

I like your poetic voice!


Sunday, July 4, 2010 at 8:41:25 PM

Article : "Independence Day?"

Coalition Central


Sunday, July 4, 2010 at 8:19:32 PM

Diary : "Fourth of July on the Great American Lemming Farm"

You go, ED!


Sunday, July 4, 2010 at 5:00:41 PM

Article : "Independence Day?"

Happy Fourth, Rob and Keep Doing What You're Doing!


Saturday, July 3, 2010 at 2:08:31 PM

Article : "238 presidential scholars: Bush worst president of modern er"

What I want to know


Saturday, July 3, 2010 at 12:19:18 AM

Article : "July 4, 2010, Idiots Know How to Celebrate"

GMO or "genetically modified" foods


Friday, July 2, 2010 at 4:30:44 PM

Article : "Evolution -- Devolution"

Really important, really good and the real truth


Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 9:41:41 PM

Article : "Coming Solar Storms Could Slam US into Third Depression"

Tell us more


Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 3:16:10 PM

Article : "Same Trick"

defibbing (defibrillating) poe-tree


Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 2:53:34 PM

Quicklink : "Alex gains hurricane strength"

Sheila, a weather question


Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 11:22:59 AM

Article : "The anguish of the age: Emotional reactions to collapse"

I go through a whole range of emotions


Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at 9:32:57 PM

Diary : "ROB KALL --- HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! with Open Thread"

Happy Birthday, youngster!


Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at 7:26:14 PM

Article : "Bruce Fein Schools Henry Kissinger"

Thanks. I don't recall ever reading real truth re Kissinger.


Monday, June 28, 2010 at 4:48:41 PM

Article : ""The Official 9/11 Story...Accept Without Question""

Thanks for the rational analysis of a demonized topic


Sunday, June 27, 2010 at 11:32:00 AM

Article : "An open call to an on-line Constitutional Article V Conventi"

Article V


Sunday, June 27, 2010 at 9:54:54 AM

Article : "Post-BP Gulf"

Why doesn't Obama


Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 6:20:18 PM

Article : "Post-BP Gulf"

Another question


Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 6:15:27 PM

Article : "Post-BP Gulf"

good job, Paul


Friday, June 25, 2010 at 6:52:43 PM

Article : "Could Methane Explode in the Gulf ?"

I'm convinced too, Robert


Friday, June 25, 2010 at 4:29:11 PM

Article : "Mission Accomplished: The Reagan Occupation and the Destruc"

My rating of "funny"


Friday, June 25, 2010 at 11:44:50 AM

Article : "Mission Accomplished: The Reagan Occupation and the Destruc"

"they done it"?


Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 7:44:22 PM

Article : "The Secrets of Our Society Are Out!"

You are exactly right, Tom


Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 1:48:26 PM

Article : "NUTS!"

Whoever God wants to destroy He takes their minds away.


Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at 11:58:41 AM

Article : "The Secrets of Our Society Are Out!"

Secrets as Deception


Sunday, June 20, 2010 at 12:54:35 PM

Diary : "God: "That Touchdown Jesus Thing Was Hideous""

Thanks Larry


Friday, June 18, 2010 at 8:15:02 PM

Article : "Cheney-Bush Still Gushing Toxic History Into Our World"

Thanks, Don, for this small bit of truth in a sea of BS.


Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 4:00:02 PM

Quicklink : "Rachel Maddow Gives the Oval Office Address She Wish Obama H"

She left one thing out


Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 9:44:30 PM

Article : "BP and Halliburton's Role in the Gulf Oil Disaster-- Well Ca"

We're not, unless we break with corporate government.


Monday, June 14, 2010 at 8:02:30 PM

Article : "Be Grateful For What You Have / Celebrate Life"

Proven to be true


Monday, June 14, 2010 at 3:11:53 PM

Article : "Geothermal Elbowing its Way into the Mainstream"

Your low key approach is refreshing,


Sunday, June 13, 2010 at 9:29:24 PM

Article : "First, Do No Harm"

Kibitzer2 I think you are on target


Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 10:59:30 PM

Quicklink : "Why Is Dick Cheney Silent on the Oil Spill?"

No offense Abe


Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 1:18:20 PM

Quicklink : "Why Is Dick Cheney Silent on the Oil Spill?"

Way to go, Alan!


Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 8:38:41 AM

Quicklink : "Why Is Dick Cheney Silent on the Oil Spill?"

Cheney finally found his WMDs

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