Author Archives: RagBlog

Here follows a letter from a reader who has a friend at the American University in Beirut, so far — untouched. Notice, Americans have been told they will have to pay for these helicopter rides to Cyprus. Charlie Loving Update … Continue reading →

A young John Kerry, testifying for Vietnam Veterans Against the War, was famously asked “how” we could get out of Vietnam. “Ships and planes, Senator, ships and planes.” We now know that LBJ also desperately wanted out of Vietnam, but … Continue reading →

I am writing now from a cafe, in West Beirut’s Hamra district. It is filled with people who are trying to escape the pull of 24 hour news reporting. Like me. The electricity has been cut off for awhile now, … Continue reading →

by Bill Meacham I have been reading works by radical Christian theologians John Dominic Crossan and Marcus Borg, and recently attended a conference featuring them both. Crossan in particular is a very rigorous historian who uses textual analytics, history, sociology … Continue reading →

As the Iraqi single mother writes on her blog, An Iraqi Tear: “hear the song in the link below and see the photos, then ask your self: WHY?”No Bravery Or as a seventeen year old Iraqi girl writes in her … Continue reading →

Liars                                   liars said we were against our troops. they said it then. they’re saying it now. it’s harder, this time, to be real supportive. things have changed. you’re all volunteers. your Mamas should have told you what was going on. … Continue reading →

If I had seen this film while I was in Iraq , things would have been much different. -Garett Reppenhagen, Army Sniper and OIF Veteran. Co-Founder of Iraq Veterans Against the War This is powerful stuff, offering us not only … Continue reading →

A serious confrontation is developing between the US and Venezuela over the next seat open on the UN Security Council to be filled by a Latin American country. This change is to take place January 2007. The decision is to … Continue reading →

I always feel sad leaving Paris. Our most recent visit of a month was the longest continuous time I’ve ever spent there. My Francophilia did not diminish with more prolonged exposure. Sally has become infected, too. Our apartment was on … Continue reading →

When I read this on Today in Iraq, I knew I had to ask Cervantes to let me post it here. It is an argument that is seldom articulated, and one too easily forgotten in the mess that this illegal, … Continue reading →