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NEAR-ARMAGEDDON: 50 YEARS AGO – PART ONE (OF FIVE)
October 16-28 will mark the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis—universally regarded by historians as the single most dangerous moment in the Cold War. For 13 days, President John F. Kennedy...
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NEAR-ARMAGEDDON: 50 YEARS AGO – PART TWO (OF FIVE)
On January 1, 1959, Fidel Castro swept triumphantly into Havana after a two-year guerrilla campaign against Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. Fidel Castro Almost immediately, hundreds of thousands of...
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NEAR-ARMAGEDDON: 50 YEARS AGO – PART THREE (OF FIVE)
In April, 1961, the CIA tried to overthrow the Communist regime of Cuba’s “Maximum Leader,” Fidel Castro, at the Bay of Pigs. When that failed, President John F. Kennedy ordered Castro’s removal...
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NEAR-ARMAGEDDON: 50 YEARS AGO – PART FOUR (OF FIVE)
On October 22, 1962, President John F. Kennedy went on nationwide TV to announce the discovery of the missiles and his blockade of Cuba. He warned that any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against...
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NEAR-ARMAGEDDON: 50 YEARS AGO – PART FIVE (END)
“John and Robert Kennedy knew what they were doing. They waged a vicious war against Fidel Castro–a war someone had to lose.” And the loser turned out to be John F. Kennedy. So writes investigative...
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U.S. FOREIGN POLICY – MAFIA STYLE: PART ONE (OF THREE)
On January 23, 2012, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney played to the huge–and influential–Cuban community in Florida, especially in Miami. All three GOP Presidential candidates had carefully...
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U.S. FOREIGN POLICY – MAFIA STYLE: PART TWO (OF THREE)
Following the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion, President John F. Kennedy and his brother, Robert–then Attorney General–created their own covert operation to depose Fidel Castro. Robert F. and John F....
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U.S. FOREIGN POLICY – MAFIA STYLE: PART THREE (END)“
“John and Robert Kennedy knew what they were doing. They waged a vicious war against Fidel Castro–a war someone had to lose.” So writes Gus Russo in Live By the Sword: The Secret War Against Castro...
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THE WRONG QUESTION ABOUT IRAQ: PART TWO (OF THREE)
In late April, 1975, Vietnam veterans stared in horror at their TVs as the army of North Vietnam swept toward Saigon. The “peace with honor” that former President Richard M. Nixon had claimed to...
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REWRITING HISTORY: IT’S NOT JUST FOR RUSSIANS ANYMORE
At one time, Americans believed that the wholesale rewriting of history happened only in the Soviet Union. “The problem with writing about history in the Soviet Union,” went the joke, “is that you...
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TRUMPING–AND DUMPING: PART ONE (OF THREE)
In 2011, Donald Trump, the egocentric businessman and “reality star” of NBC’s “The Apprentice,” was toying with the idea of running for President in 2012. On April 17, 2011, Trump said this about Mitt...
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TRUMPING–AND DUMPING: PART TWO (OF THREE)
During the 2012 Presidential campaign, Donald Trump endorsed Mitt Romney as the Republican nominee to defeat President Barack Obama. But that was before Trump decided to run for President in 2016. And...
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TRUMPING–AND DUMPING: PART THREE (END)
The Donald Trump-Mitt Romney bromance began with an insult, courtesy of Trump: “He’d buy companies, he’d close companies. He’d get rid of jobs. I’ve built a great company. I’m a much bigger...
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WORDS AS WEAPONS: PART ONE (OF THREE)
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks appear every Friday on the PBS Newshour to review the week’s major political events. On May 27, Shields–a liberal, and...
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WORDS AS WEAPONS: PART TWO (OF THREE)
Donald Trump, “for all his moral flaws, is a marketing genius.” So stated New York Times columnist David Brooks on the May 27 edition of the PBS Newshour. “And you look at what he does. He just picks a...
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WORDS AS WEAPONS: PART THREE (END)
Massachusetts U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren seems to know something that most of her fellow Democrats don’t–or choose to ignore. Nazi Germany wasn’t defeated because “we were the Good Guys and they...
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LOVING FETUSES, DESTROYING PEOPLE: PART ONE (OF TWO)
Intimidation–physical as well as political–has increasingly become the weapon of choice for influential Republicans in the pursuit of absolute power. This consists of aiming violent–and...
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LOVING FETUSES, DESTROYING PEOPLE: PART TWO (END)
Since the Supreme Court legalized abortion on January 22, 1973, the Republican Party has been committed to saving fetuses. Even if this puts the lives of adult men and women in jeopardy. In 2015, the...
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“SPRINGTIME FOR TRUMPLAND”
Donald Trump has attached nicknames to his many political opponents. “Little Marco” – Florida U.S. Senator Marco Rubio “Goofy” – Massachusetts U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren “Lyin’ Ted” – Texas U.S....
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THE PRICE OF HUBRIS
Donald Trump has changed Presidential campaign–perhaps forever. First, He has made angry and brutal attacks on a wide range of persons and organizations–including his fellow Republicans, journalists,...
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