Tag Archives: Iran

Americans Resigned to Perpetual War

October 13, 2009 – 12:26 pm

Not like this should really come as a shock, but what can you do? We’re the home of the Biggie-sized meal, eleven different versions of “CSI,” and baseball stopped being interesting decades ago; why should our stomachs shrink when it comes to something actually exciting, like a war, which at least features explosions? From The Baltimore [...]

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The Lion, The Sun, & Fourth Street Live

June 27, 2009 – 1:33 pm

THOMAS MERTON SQUARE, LOUISVILLE, KY, ‘MERICA — The shade offered by Marjan Javid’s umbrella does little to mitigate the intense early afternoon sun; beads of sweat have collected on the bridge of her nose, and her slow movements and speech indicate the preliminary signs of dehydration. Maybe that’s because the umbrella itself — a flimsy [...]

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Ron Paul Offers “Thoughts” on Iran

June 23, 2009 – 2:02 pm

Before John McCain beat out Mitt Romney, Big Mike Huckabee and Rudy Giuliani for that coveted Republican nomination, there was another failed man who stirred the heart cockles of many a wayward conservative. His name? Ron Paul. His mission? To hump the ill-begotten ideals of Barry “My Mom’s A Tough Old Bird” Goldwater, lambast the [...]

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