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One on One with the Dalai Lama

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December 14, 2020

Twenty-nine years ago today, I sat knee to knee with the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, at his home just outside Dharamshala in Northern India. We talked for one…

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Say Again? Who’s Packing the Courts?

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November 6, 2020

After majority leader Mitch McConnell rammed Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination through the Senate only eight days before the 2020 election, Senator Ed Markey (D. MA) declared, “When Democrats control…

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Trump is Trying to Steal Our Election. Again.

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September 21, 2020

Donald Trump will stop at nothing to stay in power. For starters, despite the pandemic, and putting self-preservation above public health, he is trying to make it more difficult…

Century of U.S. Meddling in the Middle East

Why These Posts?

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September 19, 2020

“My name is Khaled. I don’t wish to alarm you, but watch your back, my friend over there wants to kill you.”

The first week of May 1986, Urumchi…

Century of U.S. Meddling in the Middle East

Intro. A Century of U.S Meddling in the Middle East

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July 22, 2020

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”  …