Milestone

Milestone or Millstone?

Peter Davis | Posted 03.27.2012

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Peter Davis

This month something happened to me that had never happened before. Absolutely unprecedented. It may be accurate to say that what happened to me is infinitely preferable to the alternative. I turned seventy-five.

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Chatting With Joe Jackson And Earl Klugh, Plus Mick Harvey's "The Ballad Of Jay Givens" Video

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.30.2011

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Mike Ragogna

According to Joe Jackson, performing is the best part of the "madness" that he's involved in. It's better than being in the studio or anything else.

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Obama's Iraq Withdrawal Timeline

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

I have wondered why the White House hasn't been making some political hay over the success of the withdrawal timetable in Iraq. But I now see they wanted to roll this news out when people were actually paying attention.

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Good News From Iraq

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

At the same time that Senate Republicans are voicing disagreement over withdrawal timetables when it comes to Afghanistan, we are about to meet a big milestone in our withdrawal timetable for Iraq -- and it doesn't even rate a mention.

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Iraq Milestones

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

For the first time since the war began, there are fewer than 100,000 American troops in Iraq.

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The Beginning of the End of the Iraq War?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

If our soldiers are out of Iraqi cities, and the Iraqi security forces start shouldering more and more responsibility as a result, do we really need all 130,000 troops sitting in their bases?

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