Eisenhower

Ted Sorensen - Unassuming Insider at the Center of Power

Tom Alderman | Posted 08.20.2008 | Media

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Tom Alderman

AUDIO BOOK: "Counselor, A Life at the Edge of History" AUTHOR: Ted Sorensen ("Kennedy," "The Kennedy Legacy") GENRE: Autobiog...

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In Memoriam: War

Steven Weber | Posted 05.24.2008 | Politics

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Steven Weber

The war in Iraq is really being sold as The War to Forget War, a war of corporations, a war between brands, a battle between Quisp and Quake; it is war as a game, war as a tactic, war as a ploy.

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Cashing in on the War on Terror

William Fisher | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics

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William Fisher

On the day Petraeus and Crocker testify before Congress on Iraq, the ghost of Dwight D. Eisenhower will be hovering in the wings. And he won't be smiling.

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My Brief Encounter With Fidel Castro

Paul Krassner | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics

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Paul Krassner

I gave Castro a copy of my magazine and requested an interview. He told me to set it up with his secretary. Then a palace guard handed him a cablegram from President Eisenhower.

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The US-Pakistan Roller Coaster Relationship

Shuja Nawaz | Posted 11.14.2007 | Politics

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Shuja Nawaz

Unlike the 1950s, 60s, 70s, and 80s, perhaps this time the US will come out in favor of the people of Pakistan. If not, then Iraq and Iran may seem minor challenges compared to what might emerge in a fractured and nuclear Pakistan in the years ahead.

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This is Hell

Alec Baldwin | Posted 09.20.2007 | Politics

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Alec Baldwin

We are faced with problems that will destroy both this country and the world's environment if we stay the course that the GOP has piloted since 1980.

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