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Why Stop with the Kennedy Center? Cabinet Officials add Hyphenated -Trump to their Names
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Why Stop with the Kennedy Center? Cabinet Officials add Hyphenated -Trump to their Names

Mitchell Zimmerman

The renaming of the Performing Arts Center followed a renaming that created the Donald J. Trump Institute for Peace

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While Bethlehem Holds First Full Christmas Since Genocide Began, Little to Celebrate in Gaza

While Bethlehem Holds First Full Christmas Since Genocide Began, Little to Celebrate in Gaza

12/25/2025 By Common Dreams

What World was Jesus born into? A Historian describes the turbulent Times of the real Nativity

What World was Jesus born into? A Historian describes the turbulent Times of the real Nativity

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Omar Khayyam (138) “Don’t throw your precious lives to the wind…”

Omar Khayyam (138) “Don’t throw your precious lives to the wind…”

Don’t fall for this world’s  enticements, you amateurs! You know all about its tricks. Don’t throw your precious lives  to the wind. Get yourself a […]

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What America would be like if it was like Afghanistan (Engelhardt)

What America would be like if it was like Afghanistan (Engelhardt)

Tom Engelhardt writes at Tomdispatch [satire alert] It Couldn’t Happen Here, It Does Happen There The Value of American — and Afghan — Lives By […]

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Father's Day (Louis C.K.)

Father’s Day (Louis C.K.)

Comedian Louis C.K. on Father’s Day:

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Did the Egyptian Generals make their Coup because of a Conspiracy Theory?

Did the Egyptian Generals make their Coup because of a Conspiracy Theory?

The initial reaction of the leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood and its Freedom and Justice Party to the high court decision dissolving parliament had been […]

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Is the secret war in Yemen and Somalia secret no longer? (Woods)

Is the secret war in Yemen and Somalia secret no longer? (Woods)

Chris Woods writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism In what is being viewed by some as a significant move towards greater transparency, President Obama […]

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On the Right Way to Vote (W. C. Fields Poster)

On the Right Way to Vote (W. C. Fields Poster)

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Egypt
Egypt:  An Election within a Coup within a Coup

Egypt: An Election within a Coup within a Coup

Arab satellite television is showing lines of Egyptian voters at polling stations on Saturday, as some proportion of the 50 million eligible voters makes a […]

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Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (137) : … Wounded the Heart…

Omar Khayyam (137) : … Wounded the Heart…

The one who made the heavens and the earth has wounded the heart  of many a mourner; he has put many ruby lips and perfumed […]

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Egypt
The Revenge of the Leftovers in Egypt

The Revenge of the Leftovers in Egypt

The Egyptian constitutional court on Thursday threw the Egyptian Revolution for a loop. There are howls of outrage about a soft coup, or a counter-revolution. […]

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