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Iraq Battlefield at Home

The sad saga of a soldier from Long Island BY MARTIN C. EVANS

The March 2003 image became one of the most iconic of the U.S. invasion of Iraq: that of a bespectacled American soldier carrying an Iraqi child to safety. The photograph of Army Pfc. Joseph Dwyer, who was raised in Mount Sinai, [...]

(Anti-)War Crimes

By: Devvy Kidd July 7, 2008

My last column on The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, brought some very ugly email as well as one polite disagreement. Let’s look at what two Americans had to say about my column. Email one:

“…withdraw from this heinous, unconstitutional war in Iraq (and Afghanistan).” When [...]

Jesus Hears a Who?

Why does the following remind me of Horton Hears a Who?  

Is pastor Biltz making the assumption that Yeshua is “hard of hearing” or perhaps is off doing something more interesting, like bowling with the angels or something…   At any rate, there is no need to engage in such a foolish exercise.  No one can force [...]

Optimists losing faith…

Even folks in the Optimist Club are having a tough time toeing an upbeat line these days. Eighteen members of the volunteer organization’s Gilbert, Ariz., chapter have gathered, a few days before this nation’s 232nd birthday, to focus on the positive: Their book drive for schoolchildren and an Independence Day project to place American [...]