For those of us who weren’t non compos mentis in 1968, this rings all too true: Smug, self-righteous, ideologues wielding unproven cocktail party geo-political theories to coerce reluctant Americans into war? Check. Original premise of war proven to be bogus long after country commits to ruinous quagmire? Check. Old men wave flag, young men die? …

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Note: Everybody and his dog has an opinion on Sandra Day O’Connor’s retirement, including me, but I’m still formulating it. Meanwhile, here’s a thought I had the other day. From Reuters, a response to Bush’s “fight ’em there instead of here” line: “Why don’t they find another place to fight terrorism?” asked Abdul Ridha al-Hafadhi, …

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