Category Archives: Politics and Elections

Week Two in Gaza (Monday Update): “Publish it not in the streets of As’kelon”

Posted on January 3, 2009 by wallwritings

  Monday Noon Update by James M. Wall Bill Kristol was in the New York Times Monday, channeling George C. Scott as General Patton,  gleefully rubbing his hands together as he predicts that Gaza will not repeat the failure of the Lebanese … Continue reading →

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Were Bloggers Wrong to Block Brennan for CIA?

Posted on December 3, 2008 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall  When President-elect Obama rolled out his national security team at a press conference in Chicago Monday, there was no CIA director on stage.  Until November 24, Barack Obama had John Brennan on a short list to become … Continue reading →

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007 is Back With a New Enemy: US Imperialism

Posted on November 27, 2008 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall The latest James Bond film, The Quantum of Solace, has a vision so different from previous incarnations, that few, if any, film critics noticed the change.   Why?  Because the critics for mass culture outlets focused on the film’s … Continue reading →

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Columnist: Have Bush/Cheney Resign; Let Pelosi Take Over

Posted on November 22, 2008 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall I know, I know, it sounds like a West Wing episode. (It was, once; Speaker John Goodman took over, briefly.) But it could work and it’s constitutional. New York Times columnist Gail Collins says she is serious. … Continue reading →

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Obama Good on Appointments But Bad on Afghanistan

Posted on November 20, 2008 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall President-elect Barack Obama wants the next eight years to be an era of audacious, not cosmetic changes. Do his early appointments reflect audacity or is he giving away too much to the cosmeticians? And what about Afghanistan?  Is … Continue reading →

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Positive Signs For Obama’s Israeli-Palestinian Peace Track

Posted on November 17, 2008 by wallwritings

                             Abbas and Livni at the 2006 World Economic Forum.   by James M. Wall     According to a report posted on TimesOnLine, President Elect Barack Obama has set … Continue reading →

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Should The Left Worry about Rahm Emanuel?

Posted on November 14, 2008 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall                                       The Hippocratic Oath is usually attributed to Hippocrates, a Greek physician born in 460 BC on the island of Cos, … Continue reading →

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Life’s Circle: From King in Memphis to Obama in Grant Park

Posted on November 9, 2008 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall Barack Obama’s election night victory speech included a stirring echo of Martin Luther King Jr.’s final sermon, delivered in Memphis, Tennessee, the night before he died. King spoke on April 3, 1968, at the Mason Temple (Church of God … Continue reading →

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Yes, Mr. President-Elect, This is Truly an Amazing Country

Posted on November 5, 2008 by wallwritings

by James M. Wall Attracted by a Google listing the morning after the election, visitors to this blog linked to a piece I posted two weeks before the election: A Response to an Obama Victory: What an Amazing Country.  Following … Continue reading →

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Get Ready for Tuesday and Remember “Wag the Dog”

Posted on November 3, 2008 by wallwritings

      Bruce Meets Sasha at Columbus Ohio Rally      AP Photo from Huffington Post By James M. Wall (Special note: this posting was inspired by questions from readers outside the US, and by younger members of my family … Continue reading →

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