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Carter undermined confidence in the federal government, mainly because of stagflation, but also due to perceived ineptitude, which was epitomized in the abortive mission to rescue the American hostages held at the US embassy in Tehran. In that respect he was a terrific president.

This is an insult to his memory. Denver was a hippie and couldn't have cared less about "white power" whatever that means.

In 1986, Peter Davies was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Northwestern University. On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Peter approached it very carefully. He got down on one knee...

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Nice article but I see no signs that a global collapse will lead to anything except global despotism.

Yes, I overstated the amount. http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/0514/US-base-in-Okinawa-looms-in-Japan-elections

My impression is that the vast majority of Okinawans want all US forces to leave. As do I.

Japanese Prime Minister Accepts U.S. Base in Okinawa TOKYO—Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said he will accept a longstanding U.S. proposal for positioning American troops in Japan, removing a major source of friction between the two allies, but raising the prospect of new domestic political...

How is this a surprise?

Beautiful! I thought the antiwar left had died long ago.

He should just talk about "moral ethics" without applying labels to them as they only serve to divide and obfuscate.

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