Category Archives: Freedom

As Predicted

Posted on July 30, 2008 by Thanos

This is a time when I hate being right in these previous articles. This is a night I surely wish I were wrong, completely and utterly wrong. North Koreans are starving once again, and for now it’s the tyrannies and the slave … Continue reading →

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The Dark Knight of Our Souls

Posted on July 28, 2008 by Thanos

The Dark Knight portrays a quintessential struggle between good and evil in in a fantasy setting that’s an allegory for the real world and the larger struggles within it. It’s the movie about the war on terror that Hollywood cannot … Continue reading →

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The Audacity of Hopelessness

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Thanos

Today Senator John McCain gave a speech in Denver, and this segment bears repeating: Senator Obama and I also faced a decision, which amounted to a real-time test for a future commander-in-chief. America passed that test. I believe my judgment … Continue reading →

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A Travel Agent Challenge for Barack Obama

Posted on July 18, 2008 by Thanos

Words are powerful, and they do have meaning and purpose when they are spoken at the right moment of history and at the right place: There are many people in the world who really don’t understand, or say they don’t, … Continue reading →

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2008 President’s Dinner Address

Posted on June 29, 2008 by Thanos
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A Second Strike has Always Been an Al Qaeda Signature

Posted on June 11, 2008 by Thanos

The second strike sometimes comes quickly, but most often is timed to attack first responders. Remember those folks, and the many who have responded to terror attacks across the world since this infamous day.

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Laura Bush in Bamiya

Posted on June 9, 2008 by Thanos

Laura Bush revisited Bamiyan province in Afghanistan this weekend to raise more money for reconstruction and to showcase the progress made since her previous trip there. This is her third trip, but the press tends to ignore these calls for … Continue reading →

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Remembering Tienanmen Square: China It’s Time to Release the Prisoners

Posted on June 4, 2008 by Thanos

Please take a stop by Lawhawk’s – today is the 19 year anniversary of the day the Tankman became a world reknowned figure.

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Memorial Day 2008

Posted on May 26, 2008 by Thanos

Our familie’s war memorials are scattered – a picture on a wall, a worn conch shell with broken spines, a piece of slagged shrapnel that looks like a dark meteor with ragged edge, a name on a wall, an exploded … Continue reading →

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How to Talk to Tyrants

Posted on May 23, 2008 by Thanos

When Presidents talk to tyrants they do it in a particular way – it’s done through intermediaries and third parties with preset conditions, or its done through speeches and the press. To understand why you first need to understand how … Continue reading →

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