Another World-Class Gaffe
The World Health Organization released an official document asserting that half the Greeks...
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Autumn 1963
By Fred Gardner Friday, November 22, was going to be my last day of civilian employment in...
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Getting it Right (General Giap’s Obit in the Guardian)
We recently visited the expat offspring in England. One of the fringe benefits was getting the...
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The Anti-Empire Report
By William Blum, October 7th, 2013 “U.S. hopes of winning more influence over Syria’s divided...
Read MoreA Short History of Bio-Chemical Weapons
By ZOLTAN GROSSMAN in Counterpunch 400s B.C.: Spartan Greeks use sulfur fumes against enemy soldiers. 256 A.D.: Sasanian Persian Empire may have used toxic smoke against Roman soldiers in a tunnel in modern-day Syria. 1346:...
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