Tag Archives: terrorism

It’s not political

There’s a lot to “take away” from the past few days of news and politics. The overriding lesson, for me anyways, is this: The word “terrorist” is journalistic & political shorthand for a “nonwhite” person who perpetrates an act of … Continue reading

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The US is afraid of Cuba

One of the hopes many people had with the election of Barack Obama was some improvement in the diplomatic relations between the US and Latin America.  The past thirty years have been among the worst of the previous century with … Continue reading

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