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The hidden story behind “Obama’s Wars”: the insurgency in Washington

By Larry Kummer, Editor / Leave a Comment / 25 September 2010 2 June 2013

Summary: A guest post by Bernard Finel about what might be our most important insurgency — by the Pentagon’s generals against civilian control by the President. So far they’re winning; Obama’s losing. This is almost inevitable. During the past 2 generations Congress and the Presidency have lost the public’s trust, while the military has retained …

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Only our amnesia makes reading the newspapers bearable

By Larry Kummer, Editor / 4 Comments / 30 April 2008 6 January 2019

Summary: A sad aspect of our War on Terror (AKA the long mad war) is how it repeats lessons not learned from the Vietnam War. Here’s an example from today’s news. Tom Engelhardt’s TomDispatch always goes to the top of my reading pile. Tom publishes long, complex articles which compare to the average blog post like the …

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Congress shows us how our new government works

By Larry Kummer, Editor / 16 Comments / 14 April 2008 10 November 2012

History shows that the superficial forms of government remain long after the essentials have changed. For example, the Roman Empire retained the forms of the Republic long after the Republic’s death. Public policy experts, being so close to the object of their study, can be the last to see that a new regime has been …

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