Monthly Archives: August 2008

On Vacation

Posted on August 28, 2008 by

I’ve been out of town and away from my computer since Monday the 25th. Enjoying a diet of ceviche, tacos de pescado and cocteles de camarones. I return on September 2 and will post some pictures and recipes when I … Continue reading →

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Were the Jewish Partisans Stalinist Dupes?

Posted on August 22, 2008 by

[H/t to A.L. for bringing this to my attention. Above image of Jewish Partisans from Vilnius is from the Holocaust Research Project] Nazi hunter: Lithuania hunts ex-partisans, lets war criminals roam free By Yossi Melman A few months ago, Lithuanian … Continue reading →

Posted in (Anti and Post) Communism, Archives and Historical Memory, Archives, History, and Historiography, International Politics, Radicalism, Totalitarianism, War | 4 Comments

Remembering the Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia 40 Years On

Posted on August 21, 2008 by

“The only defense against Moscow’s imperialism is an alliance with the West. That is the main lesson of August 1968.”–Czech Premier Mirek Topolanek [Image © Josef Koudelka/Magnum Photos] I haven’t had much time for blogging lately. I’m getting ready to … Continue reading →

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More on Georgia and Russia (and a bit re: Poland)

Posted on August 17, 2008 by

Since I last posted about Russia’s invasion of Georgia the conflict escalated from South Ossetia to Abkhazia and into central Georgia. Russia has agreed to a cease-fire but the specifics are sketchy at this time. Here are some selections from … Continue reading →

Posted in Democracy Promotion, International Politics, War | 4 Comments

C-SPAN: “Three Years Later,” Conversations with Iraq War Veterans

Posted on August 14, 2008 by

Regular readers know I am a C-SPAN junkie. I watch Washington Journal every morning (M-Fr), Book TV on a semi-regular basis, and try to catch Bryan Lamb‘s interviews on Q&A and Booknotes as often as I can. For anyone interested … Continue reading →

Posted in Interviews, War | 2 Comments

The Oneness Movement

Posted on August 13, 2008 by

As regular readers know, I am interested in cults, especially political cults but religious ones as well. I’m not sure how I discovered the Oneness Movement or O.M. I must have been looking for something on Youtube. If you are … Continue reading →

Posted in Cults, South Asia(n) | 29 Comments

Agnostic Front

Posted on August 12, 2008 by

A post at Bob’s contained a link to an article by Howard Husock in the City Journal that got me thinking about politics and music. Husock contends Johnny Cash (one of the few country artists I have recordings of) has … Continue reading →

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Georgia and the Reemergence of the Russian Bear

Posted on August 11, 2008 by

[Map from The Economist] In the 1990s, as the Berlin Wall came down, the Soviet Union collapsed, and the pundit class was gushing about the potential of “globalization” and the declining influence of the nation-state, few predicted the reemergence of … Continue reading →

Posted in International Politics, War | 2 Comments

Anarcho-Arsonist Michael Sykes Sentenced to 4-10 Years

Posted on August 8, 2008 by

I reported about the animal rights nuts who firebombed a UC Santa Cruz scientist’s home a few days ago. Today I read youthful anarcho-arsonist Michael Sykes (age 17) of Ohio was sentenced to 4-10 years for torching a couple of … Continue reading →

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Four-Way Kidney Swap

Posted on August 6, 2008 by

[H/t to M.C.D. for bringing this heartwarming tale to my attention.] This is from the NY Daily News: One good Samaritan determined to donate a kidney to anyone who needed it set off a chain reaction that let four patients … Continue reading →

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