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The “Deep State” Then and Now

July 17, 2017 Edward Curtin

“…since grasping the present from within is the most problematic task the mind can face.†Frederic Jameson Have you ever…

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Thinking about Waiting

July 5, 2017 Edward Curtin

I am waiting for my case to come up and I am waiting for a rebirth of wonder and I…

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The Hotel Tacloban by Douglas Valentine: A Poetic Masterpiece of War and Redemption

June 29, 2017 Edward Curtin

“The gates of hell are open night and day; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way: But to return,…

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Fathers, Sons, and Blood Sacrifices

June 18, 2017 Edward Curtin

“Perhaps the whole root of our trouble, the human trouble, is that we will sacrifice all the beauty of our…

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Tit for Tat: A Bronx Folk Tale

June 13, 2017 Edward Curtin

He was fat and fourteen and we called him “Tits.” He wasn’t terribly fat but his breasts were bigger than…

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The Assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy: Questions, Hints and Allegations

June 5, 2017 Edward Curtin

    If you were going to arrange a political assassination in an indoor crowded setting, would you have one…

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Haunted by the Ghosts of War

May 27, 2017 Edward Curtin

Memorial Day, May 29th, is his birthday.  He died defending his country.  A true war hero, a naval officer, he…

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Vacation Reading

May 26, 2017 Edward Curtin

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity: so advised Thoreau more than a century ago. It’s the kind of advice rarely heeded, then or…

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Sorry, You’re Not Invited

May 21, 2017 Edward Curtin

When I woke up yesterday and looked in the mirror, I said to my image, “Man, you are a pathetic…

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Escaping the Iron Cage of Hopelessness

May 17, 2017 Edward Curtin

“Specialists without spirit, sensualists without heart; this nullity imagines that it has attained a level of civilization never before achieved.”…

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