Archive for January, 2010
by James M. Wall Fifty-four members of the US House of Representatives have sent a letter to President Obama urging him “to use diplomatic pressure to resolve the blockade affecting Gaza.” Initially drafted by Democrats Keith Ellison, Minnesota, and Jim McDermott, Washington, the letter says, in part: The unabated suffering of Gazan civilians highlights the […]
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by James M. Wall President Obama sent George Mitchell on another mission to the Middle East this past weekend. After meeting with both Israeli and Palestinian leaders, Mitchell found that nothing has changed. One full year on the job, and George Mitchell has been unable to find anything remotely resembling progress toward peace. His latest […]
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by James M. Wall The scene is from John Ford’s 1962 film, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. The time: the early American West, The editor of the Shinbow Star follows Senator Ransom Stoddard (played by Jimmy Stewart), and his wife Hallie (Vera Miles), into the backroom where Tom Doniphon’s (John Wayne) body lies in a […]
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by James M. Wall At a special morning New Year’s Eve screening in Hawaii, President Obama took his family to the mall to see the new 3-D movie, Avatar. Whose idea was that? Did the leader of the Free World realize he was going to experience a “teachable moment”? Along with millions of movie-going families from […]
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