Year: 2017

Fabriquè en Babylon: Here There Be Monsters “Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” - Friedrich Nietzsche

Exiled on Main Street, we are

Someday, we will look back knowing that Donald Trump gave birth to the 21st century. In a time where life is cheap and peace a punchline from the footnotes..................   read more

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Political Beast: Police Procedures [or: “Gee, does this sound boring?”]

[ACLU-Mississippi/Blake Feldman (right-bgd.)]
When Political Beast decided to go back to the subject of police-community relations, we were a bit hesitant, since we’ve covered this pretty thoroughly in..................   read more

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Political Beast: Vietnam – Did People Actually Care?

When I heard Ken Burns, rock star of documentary film, was releasing a new PBS documentary, I was, of course, excited. When I heard the subject was Vietnam,..................   read more

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EDITORIAL: Don’t Eat The Rich

This becomes irresponsibility, this relentless notion of “progressives” that life can be perfectly equitable and fair if only the central (Federal) government..................   read more

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Executive Completion: Trump’s Transgender Tweets

On the anniversary of the Executive Order that desegregated the Armed Forces,
our commander-in-chief, President Donald J. Trump, sent the following three tweets:

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EDITORIAL: The Obamacare Repeal Endgame(s)

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As I sit to write this article I still find myself struggling to understand the goal of the Senate GOP Health Care bill(s). Obviously, the overall ideology and goal..................   read more

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Norway Announces U.S. Marines To Extend Stay

The brutal elegance of the classic USMC symbol (The Eagle, Globe & Anchor) stands out even today

Stuttgart, Germany – Norway’s Minister of Defense announced today that U.S. Marines will continue rotational training and exercises in Norway through 2018.

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“Doctors and Mahers and Sessions…oh MY…”

“There is a sort of excess that is interesting, don’t you think? And America is, of course, the most excessive place,” said Ahmet Ertgegun, Turkish-American..................   read more

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Op-Ed: Abortion and The Status Quo

In my lifetime, I haven’t seen the country more divided than today. Of course, this is relative and my clarity regarding current events in this country pre..................   read more

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30 April, 2017: A Creed For All Seasons

It’s not often in this foul year of our Lord, two-thousand seventeen, that any verbose armchair scribe lacks for subject matter worthy of dissecting. Yet with..................   read more

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