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Happy anniversary to the Marshall Plan, signed into law by President Truman on this date in 1948. With its tiny (by today’s standards) budget of $5 billion, the US helped rebuild 16 European countries in the aftermath of WWII. Secretary… more ›
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Below is a snippet of a poem from Soviet dissident poet Igor Guberman that was mentioned on one of the Belarusian blogs I’ve been visiting over the past few days. The blogger’s server has been down for several hours now.… more ›
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Despite the dwindling number of protestors out in the freezing cold of Minsk since the sham elections, there seems to be at least one more chance that the revolution will come … hopefully before the next wave of stormtroopers. West… more ›
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The last travesty of an election in Belarus took place in early September 2001. Nobody seemed to notice, especially after “security” at a few American airports allowed passengers onboard with box cutters. (By the way, those people are still “out… more ›
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Almost immediately after the attacks of September 11, 2001, the media were abuzz with talk of President Bush repealing the ban on assassination in order to deal with (seek revenge on) bin Laden. I, in my pre-post-political state, wrote to… more ›
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– dedicated to Dennis Cooper, our Bataille “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” – John 1:1 (NIV) :::: “Each poet says the same, which, however, is not the same,… more ›
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For my latest creative project, please visit 12 Points of Contact. For those of you who have kept up with this blog, you’ll recognize a couple of entries; otherwise, everything is fairly new. As always, I’d appreciate any feedback, comments,… more ›