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A Very Elegant Coup – ‘All the Shah’s Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror’

January 14, 2020

Wayback Machine BOOK REVIEW — All The Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror, by Stephen Kinzer In the summer of 1953, the CIA and Britain's MI6 arranged a coup in Tehran. ...

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The World Is Abandoning America

Opinion

January 13, 2020

The Week For three years, President Trump has tried to disentangle the United States from the burdens of world leadership. This week, it appears he has succeeded. One of the most notable aspects of ...

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Iran Crisis: Why Gulf Arabs Increasingly See US as a Liability

Opinion

January 13, 2020

The Christian Science Monitor Blindsided. Exposed. Anxious. Exasperated. Such are Gulf Arab leaders as they fly to Washington, Tehran, and European capitals to contain the fallout from the U.S. ass...

Opinion: Sierra Tree Deaths Punctuate Climate Urgency

Opinion

January 13, 2020

When the Navy brought me to California in 1990, I immediately fell in love with the beauty of the backcountry and the trees of San Diego County. In fact, the majesty of sugar pines 6 foot in diameter, the enorm...

Trump Does Not Have a Foreign Policy. He Has a Series of Impulses.

Opinion

January 10, 2020

The Washington Post Subscription Three months ago, President Trump suddenly withdrew U.S. forces from northern Syria that were, in part, thwarting Iran’s efforts to dominate the country, declaring, “Go...

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Can San Francisco Be Fixed?

Opinion

January 10, 2020

Curbed San Francisco From afar, San Francisco’s skyline looks pristine and thriving. But take a closer look. From how we interact with each other to vivid displays of the widening divide between rich a...

Mayor Brand Launches Assault on Second Amendment: Bredefeld

Opinion

January 10, 2020

The misguided Brand administration is at it again — now attacking our Second Amendment Rights! The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees “… the right of the people to keep and bear Arms…” and ...

Donald Trump Wants to Curb Iran. Has He Gone About It the Right Way?

Opinion

January 9, 2020

The Economist Subscription Masterstroke or madness? The Killing of Qassem Suleimani by an American drone on January 3rd threatened to bring the United States and Iran closer to war than at any time ...

The Media Should Spotlight a Different Kind of War Expert: Those Who Voted ‘No’ on Iraq

Opinion

January 8, 2020

The Washington Post Subscription There she was: Judith Miller, the former New York Times reporter most closely identified with the paper’s flawed reporting in the run-up to the Iraq War, chattering awa...

There Is Zero Actual Evidence Iran Is Responsible for Killing Hundreds of Americans

Opinion

January 8, 2020

Common Dreams The skepticism expressed by some leading Democrats and the mainstream media regarding the U.S. assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani has been refreshing, after decades of bipar...

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Salty Water Spat Erupts Over ‘No Man’s Land’ of Mendota Pool

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Khashoggi Documentary ‘The Dissident’ Lands at Sundance

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You’ve Been Named California’s Homelessness Czar. What’s Your First Move?

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Walters: The Pardon Power, for Good or Ill

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ICYMI: ‘How Not to Die’ by Dr. Michael Greger

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Money Piling Up to Elect, Oppose Dyer for Mayor

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A Very Elegant Coup – ‘All the Shah’s Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror’

The World Is Abandoning America

Iran Crisis: Why Gulf Arabs Increasingly See US as a Liability

Opinion: Sierra Tree Deaths Punctuate Climate Urgency

Trump Does Not Have a Foreign Policy. He Has a Series of Impulses.

Can San Francisco Be Fixed?

Mayor Brand Launches Assault on Second Amendment: Bredefeld

Donald Trump Wants to Curb Iran. Has He Gone About It the Right Way?

The Media Should Spotlight a Different Kind of War Expert: Those Who Voted ‘No’ on Iraq

There Is Zero Actual Evidence Iran Is Responsible for Killing Hundreds of Americans

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