Politics | Politics
Jul.29.2012
I follow local and national politics. My interest there isn't a fascination with the political process and idolizing politicians; instead it's more in the vein of not being able to take your eyes off a car wreck or a bar fight.
One of the things being toyed with indirectly within the U...
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Jul.27.2012
As we left the cliff-side town of Artvin in Eastern Turkey, we passed a pair of life-sized statues of ferocious looking, massive-shouldered bulls squaring off opposite each other. Unfortunately, we’d missed the bull wrestling matches that are popular...
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Jul.25.2012
The older I get, the more I’m plagued by nostalgia: for things and people. For example, I feel nostalgic about Tony Blair, who didn’t really become interesting until he invaded Iraq.
Don’t get me wrong: I’m not in favour of war, and if I were Tony I would wait a while before returning.
Last week...
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Jul.24.2012
Shakespeare wrote of history. He wrote of the muddle of kings. He was a man of the people. He was a creature of the court. He literally belonged to "The King's Men". So, did he unwisely parse a few lines too closely to the throne (and person) of Elizabeth I?
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Jul.21.2012
My new book DELPHINE takes place partly in Turkey, one of my favorite countries of the Middle East -- or anywhere, for that matter. On my third trip to Turkey, I explored some remote areas in the eastern part of the country. One morning,...
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Jul.20.2012
Tickets are now available for my bipartisan romantic comedy RIGHT ON TARGET, premiering opening weekend at the prestigious New York International Fringe Festival at the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York City. It's about an African American conservative and his liberal Jewish wife and stars Simcha...
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Jul.19.2012
Our President stated recently that if you’re a business owner, entrepreneur, or one who’s accumulated wealth, no matter how big or small, you couldn’t have done it without your friendly government standing by your side, holding you up, supporting your every decision, move, plan, and policy making...
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Jul.18.2012
So Sandusky has been found guilty, Paterno grossly negligent, Penn State officials cowardly. We could now include television in all of the above. There is a documentary out there that could save hundreds if not thousands of kids a year from sexual abuse, but no one has the courage to show it...
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Jul.17.2012
The American Civil War is a fine book by an accomplished British military historian who has the range of knowledge necessary not only to give a detailed account of the Civil War but also to compare it to other wars in other places at other times. For example, he notes that on entering the war both...
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Jul.15.2012
Romney isn't going to get out of this one—insisting he left Bain Capital in 1999 and that he had nothing, absolutely nothing, to do with it since 1999 (apart from going to some board meetings, and yes, signing off on SEC filings and company sales and a host of other important documents). Either he...
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