Chapter 1: Out Loud (1973)
Old ELMER The house needed the woodstove for this kind of cold, but it wasn’t burning because there was no Continue reading
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Afghanistan: The Graveyard of Unlearned Lessons
In reviewing Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan by William Dalrymple, and Games Without Rules: The Often Interrupted History Continue reading
On thirteen years of Bostonian success
On Tuesday night the Boston Red Sox won their third World Series in ten years. I have been jaded, along Continue reading
Conservatism in America
Last Sunday afternoon, during a two-hour drive, I started looking for the Patriots game on the radio somewhere just west Continue reading
Mr Campbell from The Urban Nerdz is more than just a rapper
Mr Campbell (no period because it’s not the end it’s the beginning) is one half of the Boston-based hip-hop duo Continue reading
The NFL and the Militarization of the American Public
By Rowan Kane – This is Week 1 for the NFL, and at every stadium across the US it will Continue reading
Don’t Bury Tottenham
Spurs lost this week 1-0, in what was overall an underwhelming performance. What makes the loss especially tough to take Continue reading
Unleashing a Dog of War: Why Obama is right in calling for a strike in Syria and even more right in asking for Congressional approval
When a government feels a military action, be it an invasion, airstrike or otherwise, is necessary, there is often little Continue reading
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