Opinion Forum

Benghazi and President Obama’s Foreign Policy – Proactive or Reactive?

October 20th, 2012

By Dan Miller President Obama’s foreign policy has provided many examples of leading from behind. The expression “leading from behind,” as used in this article, means: 1. Waiting while allies decide what to do and then following along. Doing that assumes substantial congruity of interest with our allies. To the extent that such congruity may […]

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Tags: 9/11, attack, Benghazi, election, failure, intelligence, terrorism, terrorist
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September 11, 2001 as My Wife and I Remember It

September 11th, 2012

By Dan Miller We had arrived in Venezuela from Bonaire a few days previously for a quick visit. During much of 2001, we lived on our sailboat in Bonaire, enjoying the scuba diving once or sometimes twice daily. Every ninety days, we generally left Bonaire because tourist visas were valid for only ninety days and […]

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Tags: 9/11, Americans, Chavez, Panama, solidarity, sympathy, Venezuela
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Saving Grace

October 7th, 2011

By Jan Barry Saving a corner of the Earth in its natural state is increasingly hard work. It takes many hands and, often, many organizations. So it was that, the other day, an eclectic crowd of people gathered beside a forest-fringed lake about 38 miles northwest of New York City, to celebrate the latest conservation […]

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Tags: 9/11, Arrow Park, conservation, FDNY, Native American, New York, NY-NJ
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Peace Beat

September 11th, 2011

By Jan Barry War drums began beating across America before the dust settled at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. It’s an all-American tradition to march to the beat for military action, the fountain of flag waving excitement that produces legions of war correspondents, bugle-blaring headlines and armchair commandos in newsrooms. It is rare […]

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Tags: 9/11, Afghanistan, budget, Iraq, Keller, peace, Pentagon, war
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