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Kennan Posts So Far — What They Show

I have been posting excerpts from George Kennan’s famous 1947 letter outlining the reasons for containment as a means of confronting the hostile Soviet Union. The response to Kennan was not to embrace his largely non-military smart-diplomacy approach. Thus what … Continue reading

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Afghanistan: We Need Focus, Not Surges

NOTE: Also posted at Huffington Post Your comments there would be appreciated. Huff has a habit of submerging posts in rapid fashion and has done so with this. + Focus, not surges, is what is needed in Afghanistan. Surges is … Continue reading

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The Serenity Prayer and Yes We Can

About | Obama Diary | 538.com | The Way of Abba | Longevity Club Today, courtesy of some digging, we learn that the so-called Serenity Prayer, attributed to the late Reinhold Niebuhr, was most likely based on earlier versions of … Continue reading

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Reinhold Niebuhr on Atheism

From Niebuhr’s 1958 interview with Mike Wallace. My personal attitude toward atheists is the same attitude I have toward Christians, and it is governed by a very orthodox text: “By their fruits shall ye know them.” I wouldn’t judge a … Continue reading

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Bill Hamilton at 83 Ponders the Death of God Still

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