Tag Archives: peace

Oscar Grant: Never Forget

Posted on July 9, 2010 by

I don’t want to summarize the news or to engage in a debate about what the jury did or didn’t do.  Ultimately, it is all irrelevant to the situation at hand. Oscar Grant–like scores of others before him–quickly became a … Continue reading →

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“The instruments of war do have a role to play in preserving the peace…”

Posted on December 10, 2009 by

President Barack Obama accepted the Nobel Prize for Peace today. As he acknowledged at the start of his address, the seeming contradiction of a wartime President receiving a distinction such as this was on the minds of many in the … Continue reading →

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Veterans Day

Posted on November 11, 2009 by

I am the son of a veteran. I am the nephew of a veteran. I am the friend of veterans.  I am the friend and relative of future veterans. Veterans Day–formerly Armistice Day, marking the end of the “Great War” … Continue reading →

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Liz Cheney is, sadly, no “farce”

Posted on October 11, 2009 by

Liz Cheney–spawn of Dick–shared her views on Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize on, of course, FOX News. She labeled Obama’s award as a “farce,” not because he is a wartime president but because the Nobel Committee wants us all “to live … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Nobel Win is not Global Affirmative Action

Posted on October 9, 2009 by

When I first heard Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize I reacted with a fair amount of surprise. And then terror. While I have only been a lukewarm supporter of the President’s initial period in office–less than impressed … Continue reading →

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Obama continues covert airstrikes

Posted on January 24, 2009 by

In what seems to be his first approved act of war (though this does not meet the legal definition of it), Obama approved the continuation of the US covert airstrikes in Pakistan.  Yesterday, AP reports some 22 “militants were killed … Continue reading →

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All I Want for Xmas…

Posted on December 25, 2008 by

A month ago, the top o my list was a genuine Chicana/o voice in the White House.  Since Obama gave us that gift a little early, here’s my top five: 1.  World Peace (if not for the whole world then … Continue reading →

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