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Month: August 2021

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CGTN: Why Biden’s miseries are just beginning

31 Aug 2021
In my latest editorial for CGTN, I examine why Joe Biden's miseries stemming from a botched evacuation plan of Afghanistan are just beginning. There is one gigantic problem that Biden…
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And you wonder why Biden’s predecessors wanted nothing to do with Afghanistan?

30 Aug 2021
Blast Joe Biden for a terrible evacuation plan in Afghanistan? Yes. Blast Joe Biden for inexcusably leaving Americans behind? Yes. Blast Joe Biden for a terror attack on his watch?…
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A question about freedom

29 Aug 2021
You do not wish to wear a mask You do not wish to get a shot Freedom! Your cry. So why can't freedom be the cry for Those who are…
News

CGTN: President Biden’s first major leadership test.

28 Aug 2021
Photo: Anthony Moretti 18July2016 In this CGTN editorial, I examine why recent history provides Americans with images of a frightened leader in a time of crisis. And Democrats ought to…
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CGTN: Will America learn from Afghanistan? Doubtful.

28 Aug 2021
My latest editorial for CGTN suggests America will not accept any of the lessons or the truths from the mess it created in Afghanistan. The bitter truth that America's political…
News

Freedom

26 Aug 2021
Who defines this concept called freedom in the United States? This blog post is not designed to be some sort of exercise in time wasting. Rather, the question you saw…
Poetry

Presence

25 Aug 2021
Your presence Seen And felt My door Did not frame you My sanctuary You did not disgrace
Poetry

Make believe

25 Aug 2021
I cannot stay silent any longer Accepting this world of make believe Value determined By what can be bought or sold And by you, how quickly These are not rainbows…
Poetry

America. This land of the free.

24 Aug 2021
The red, white and blue The sweet land of liberty For what do we stand In this land of the free? Such selfishness here Don't vax me, hear me grieve…

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