Tag Archives: War on Terror

On Saturday, I Saw Chris Hedges, One of My Favorite Authors, at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

Posted on April 26, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

I admit it. If Chris Hedges had a fan club, and sent its members David Cassidy-like studio photos and groovy stickers for your school folders, I’d join it. And on Saturday, at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at UCLA, he … Continue reading →

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Okay, So Maybe George W. Bush Wasn’t ALL BAD

Posted on February 2, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

If the Iraqi elections really went as described this weekend, liberals (like me) need to be gracious enough to give the “W” his due. Max Boot: The claims made by so many analysts not long ago that the U.S. war … Continue reading →

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The Portrait of the Minnesotan Islamic Terrorist as a Young Man?

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

The LA Times reports today on young Minnesota Muslims, in the 60,000 strong Somali immigrant community there, who are being recruited by terrorist organizations, and sneaking off to East Africa (on American passports!) to apparently “fight or train as terrorists” … Continue reading →

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Sarah Palin’s Witch Hunting Kenyan Exorcist, Thomas Muthee, Given a Monty Python Retort

Posted on September 17, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

If the Times of London article today on Sarah Palin’s witch hunting Kenyan exorcist Thomas Muthee—and his demonizing and driving off of a “witch” named Mama Jane from her community in Kenya—is anywhere near accurate—then maybe we SHOULD expect something like the … Continue reading →

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The Afghan-Pakistan War: Nelson Fraser of The Spectator Writes of the Expanding War that Dare Not Speak Its Name

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Pakistan has just switched up leaders, and has nuclear weapons, so nobody much wants to talk about it, but the War on Terror is fast expanding from Afghanistan into Pakistani territory. Nelson Fraser of The Spectator wrote an important article on this … Continue reading →

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Christopher Hitchens Undergoes Waterboarding—and Finds It to Be Torture

Posted on July 4, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

In the August 2008 Vanity Fair, one of my heroes, author and essayist, Christopher Hitchens, takes us vicariously along with him in an experience of waterboarding. Veteran experts of the procedure waterboarded Hitchens in North Carolina in May, and Hitchens … Continue reading →

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Is Dionysus Jesus?: Euripides’s Bakkhai

Posted on July 1, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Euripides’ Bakkhai is an extraordinary play, and functions on many fascinating levels. At one level it can be read as an indictment of rationalism, and a warning to the audience against atheism. Toward the beginning of the play, the lead … Continue reading →

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