Author: mickeyz

“They were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.”As tragic as the Virginia Tech shootings are, let’s face it: 32 dead is a slow day in U.S.-occupied Iraq. “Those whose lives were taken did nothing...

There’s a huge difference between a minority of sincere Americans making well-intentioned gestures and a tangible, functional, effective movement capable of inciting/inspiring/demanding social change.A couple of my recent...

Where’s the proverbial tipping point?We’ve all heard some variation of this question: How much more are the American people willing to endure before they take radical action in large numbers? To help you conjure up...

Promoted by Steven D. This diary is about a controversial topic for many people, i.e., the question of how much responsibility lies with ordinary soldiers for actions taken during wartime. Americans have never been fond of those...

(Can someone please ask Harpo to quiet down?)Since quoting Marx makes a writer appear both more educated and more serious, I figured I’d start this piece about Iran with a bit of Marxism…from Duck Soup. Ambassador...