Jefferson's Wall
"I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, thus building a wall of separation between church and state." -Thomas Jefferson
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- Funeral Oration - Pericles
- Phaedo - Plato
- The Republic - Plato
- Ethics - Aristotle
- Politics - Aristotle
- Antigone - Sophocles
- De Officiis - Cicero
- Meditations - Marcus Aurelius
- The Prince - Machiavelli
- Leviathan - Hobbes
- 2nd Treatise - Locke
- On the Most Ancient Wisdom of the Italians - Vico
- Social Contract - Rousseau
- Candide - Voltaire
- The Spirit of the Laws - Montesquieu
- What is Enlightenment? - Kant
- Perpetual Peace - Kant
- Common Sense - Paine
- Writings - Jefferson
- Federalist Papers
- The Despotism of Democracy - de Tocqueville
- The Influence of Sea Power Upon History - A.T. Mahan
- On Liberty - Mill
- 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte - Marx
- Gettysburg Address - Lincoln
- On War - Clausewitz
- The Soul of Man Under Socialism - Oscar Wilde
- Politics as Vocation - Weber
- The Grand Inquisitor - Dostoyevsky
- Jacobinism - Gramsci
- Democracy as Universal Value - Sen
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights - UN
- US Presidential Speech Archive - U.Va
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Republicans Stonewalled: Hate Gays More Than Taliban
Saturday, 24 October 2009 10:58 A GMT-05
Republicans have spoken: the (rear) ends don't justify the means
The Iraq War Fading From View: Should We Care?
Thursday, 1 January 2009 7:51 P GMT-05
"Per studies from the Project for Excellence in Journalism, the war regularly wins less than two percent of the weekly U.S. news hole,.."
Deals With Iraq Are Set to Bring Oil Giants Back
Friday, 20 June 2008 10:34 A GMT-05
After 35 years of nationalized oil in Iraq resource colonialism makes a comeback
Brother, Can You Spare a Trillion?
Thursday, 27 March 2008 9:01 P GMT-05
New estimates for short- and long-term expenditures in Iraq skyrocket while we arm Afghan allies with Vietnam era weapons and equipment. Includes link to Video.
Back to School With Muqtada al-Sadr
Sunday, 23 March 2008 8:57 P GMT-05
BBC: "The Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr has explained why he has not been seen in public for more than nine months. He has reportedly resumed his religious studies to gain the title of ayatollah."
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General Petraeus = Full Media Jacket
Friday, 14 September 2007 8:54 P GMT-05
General Petraeus attempts to run down A dream.
The Myth of The Iraq Security Forces?
Saturday, 8 September 2007 9:10 P GMT-05
the next time you hear someone say we'll stand down as soon as the Iraqi Army is ready to stand up, remember ARVN
The Paradox of Change in Iraq-- Missing the Forest For the Trees?
Saturday, 1 September 2007 9:45 A GMT-05
Do some tactical successes equate to strategic victory? Think again. The Iraqis may already be preparing for when America goes home
The Future of an Illusion: The New Spin on Iraq
Thursday, 30 August 2007 9:32 P GMT-05
Would you bet your hard earned money on a horse with a broken leg? No way, right? Wrong! The Republicans will bet your money for you.
Commentary: Who is the enemy in Iraq?
Thursday, 16 August 2007 10:30 A GMT-05
The Army?s own fighting manual clearly states that success in counterinsurgency must come predominantly in the political sphere, there are no military panaceas.
Bush's America: Bombs not Babies
Tuesday, 31 July 2007 10:50 P GMT-05
New follow-up story from August 21st NY Times included
Commentary:The Oil Law: Iraq Versus McWorld
Friday, 13 July 2007 10:30 P GMT-05
The oil workers union is one of the largest organizations in Iraq, with thousands of members on the rigs, pipelines, and refineries. Yet the Bushites, through their puppet, have outlawed collective bargaining and frozen union funds...
History: Elphinstone's March 1842
Wednesday, 11 July 2007 10:32 P GMT-05
The First Anglo-Afghan War lasted from 1839 to 1842. It is one of the most infamous defeats in British history...
Commentary: Colin Powell in Aspen: "I tried to avoid this war"
Sunday, 8 July 2007 10:33 P GMT-05
It is not a civil war that can be put down or solved by the armed forces of the United States. All the military can do, Powell suggested, is put a heavier lid on this pot of boiling sectarian stew.
Fort Apache Baghdad
Friday, 6 July 2007 10:49 P GMT-05
Are Fortresses, And Many Other Things To Which Princes Often Resort, Advantageous Or Hurtful?
Commentary: Dick Cheney-- Shades of Dr. Mabuse
Sunday, 24 June 2007 10:37 P GMT-05
Dastardly Dick's diabolical designs
Iraq-- Managed Partition?
Saturday, 23 June 2007 10:50 P GMT-05
Could dividing Iraq into autonomous regions halt the internecine violence?
Commentary: A History of Violence
Thursday, 21 June 2007 10:39 P GMT-05
the Gaza crisis shouldn't come as a surprise considering the Bush record
History: 1967-- Background to Danger
Saturday, 16 June 2007 9:37 A GMT-05
the Six Day War still haunts the hallways of power
Commentary: Korea comments signal change in US expectations in Iraq
Friday, 15 June 2007 8:29 A GMT-05
Like Ara Parseghian, are we now willing to settle for a tie?
Commentary: One, Two, Three... what are we fighting for?
Wednesday, 13 June 2007 10:44 P GMT-05
two wars and two towers later, they still condone slavery!
Iraq: that way madness lies
Sunday, 27 May 2007 11:25 A GMT-05
Armed forces overload: many informed military types have publicly voiced concerns in recent months that U.S. armed forces are on the verge of exhaustion -- some leaders even talk of the army being already "broken."
The Geneva Conventions: a nuisance for the "patriots"
Friday, 4 May 2007 8:38 A GMT-05
An institutional lack of commitment exists, led by the Right, to the concept of human rights embodied in the Geneva Conventions. What's worse, they justify their actions by wrapping them in the flag of patriotism.
Conversations with History: Amartya Sen
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