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http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?recid=24689 Although I agree with much of what Edward Said had to say about Walter Lippmann in his essay Grey Eminence, On Walter Lippmann, in Reflections on Exile.  Lippmann besides being The Establismentarian of  his or any other American generation, … Continue reading →

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/09/11/9-11-anniversary-what-george-bush-got-wrong-about-the-attacks.html Here is Cogitating Peter celebrating The American Wound, as if the suffering and death of Americans is deeply wrong, as opposed to the suffering and death of a category of beings designated as Other. Although the deaths of the … Continue reading →

http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2011/09/09/jackie_kennedy_on_mlk_oral_history_…/&wpisrc=newsletter_slatest Hi, its me Myra B. of HeddaAndLouellaAreDead.com. Just wanted to share with all my loyal readers the news that the incomparable Diane Sawyer, successor to another television icon Barbara Walters, will host a two hour special featuring Jackie Kennedy’s … Continue reading →

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/09/07/mission_accomplished_finally… “The long war provoked by the attacks of Sept. 11 is over.” Thus begins Mr. Ackerman’s argument for rethinking the outdated self-given permissions of the American Congress to wage war on our ‘attackers’ of September 11, 2001. Is it … Continue reading →

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I finished Age of Fracture almost a week ago and decided that I would give some time to let my thoughts on this book coalese, but the further I got from that point in readerly time the more distant my … Continue reading →

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Please look at these three essays: Mike Lofgren at Truthout http://www.truth-out.org/goodbye-all-reflections-gop-operative-who-left-cult/1314907779 John B. Judis  at The New Republic http://www.tnr.com/article/john-judis/92958/obama-lincoln-debt-ceiling John Gray at The Financial Times http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/059dda68-d30f-11e0-9aae-00144feab49a.html#axzz1X5bwcAGN Some chapters from a book on America's decline titled:The Rise of the Republican Political … Continue reading →

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/23/opinion/brooks-the-rugged-altruists.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss How could I have missed this gem from David Brooks published on August 22 ,2011 titled The Rugged Altruists. One is not surprised that Mr. Brooks comes swiftly to the conclusion that altruism must draw its  inspiration and operational … Continue reading →

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/08/28/9-11-s-10th-anniversary-the-death-of-neoconservatism.html After reading Mr. Beinart’s essay I found myself contemplating a question: who did he write this for? Is Neo-Conservatism dead, or can even an unsophisticated reader like myself draw certain conclusions, from other sources, that might just put his … Continue reading →