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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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13 Articles, 2 Quick Links, 399 Comments, 14 Diaries, 2 Polls

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(5 comments)        Sunday, May 30, 2010
Big Oil, "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night"
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With apologies to Dylan Thomas for mongrel-izing his masterpiece; it is my considered opinion that he would approve considering the subject matter.
(7 comments)        Thursday, September 3, 2009
Something Just Doesn't Feel Quite Right
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It doesn't feel quite right for Obama to play "rope-a-dope" while getting pummeled by Cheney, but nobody seems to know how to stop it because it is so unprecedented and so outrageous that we are paralyzed.
(1 comments)        Monday, November 24, 2008
WHAT A THANKSGIVING IT WOULD BE
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A thanksgiving to remember: the day tradition was suspended to inaugurate a new president to deal with a national emergency.
       Friday, November 21, 2008
A.I.G. = All I Can Get (my favorite ? NOT!) by Jim Magee
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A.I.G. refused to allow the surgery that would have enabled me to return to the workforce. Their reason for refusing to pay for the surgery was that according to A.I.G. - this was a PRE-EXISTING CONDITION.
(4 comments)        Monday, November 10, 2008
LET'S HAVE OUR MILITARY HELP TO REBUILD AMERICA
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If you'd like a solution for bringing our troops home from fighting all the senseless wars and then what to do with them, here are a few suggestions.
(5 comments)        Thursday, September 25, 2008
Capitalists, Whatever Happened to "Survival of the Fittest"?
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A spiteful analysis of the demise of die-hard capitalism and those who believe it is "God's Gift."
       Thursday, June 26, 2008
To George W. Bush: Legacy in Doubt?-- Go for Overtime!
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This just doesn't sound like you. You wouldn't ask our men and women to give life and limb and often their futures while you yourself "cut and run" back to Crawford, would you?
(2 comments)        Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Non-story Proves MSM is 'In the Tank' for the Corporate State: What Articles of Impeachment?
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...it may mean they're hedging their bets. Such a case would be in keeping with their track record. In other words, they will strike on all fronts. They will rig the election AND they will attack Iran AND they will declare martial law if McBush doesn't win, AND they will declare the election invalid AND they'll suspend congress.
(4 comments)        Sunday, June 8, 2008
Conservative Brand Tarnished by Bush/Cheney and Neocons
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...American conservatives could have helped bring that (change) about, but it is clearly too late. The lights are on, but nobody's home.
(2 comments)        Thursday, May 15, 2008
Bush Signals U.S. Will Attack Iran Before 2008 Election
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After all, if Obama is Chamberlain, Bush must be Churchill, right?
       Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Governor, What Were You Thinking (with)?
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One explanation:
(2 comments)        Thursday, February 14, 2008
We've seen this before
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Thinking how RBC would have been right for the '60s; with that kind of focus, things might have gone differently.
       Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Surviving Armageddon 2
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"That's when I knew along with anybody else who had a brain that the the twister was gonna hit the outhouse. At that moment, even though nobody knew how it would all go down, everybody knew it would."
       Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Surviving Armageddon
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People ended up seeing the truth about the false prophets, the end of timers, the same lot that for three hundred years had hijacked Christianity and corrupted it with false rapture predictions and prophecies. Fund Raisers who used end times prophecies every generation to further milk the ignorant of their cash.

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