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Posts published by “Fred Gardner”

War News

The most misused word in the English language is “we.” “We” have military bases in more than 100 foreign countries. The base in Jordan where…

From The Mikuriya File

Moving the file cabinets. Don’t have time to decide which Manila folders are worth keeping so I’m bringing them all. There’s a whole drawer devoted…

Vietnam G.I.

Vietnam, G.I. was a first-rate newspaper founded and edited by SP/5 Jeff Sharlet in January 1968. It was an almost-monthly tabloid. This piece is from…

Let’s Pretend the Truth Really Matters

Seen you in the supermarket you and Lily Tomlin got a big hit and leaning in for Hillary I ain't surprised not one little bit…

Proverbs of My People

A man’s what he is, not what he used to be Never pray for a new king A job is fine but it takes too…

Memories Are Made of This

Abolafia. That unusual surname on a mailing list of people who knew or claimed some connection to the late Paul Krassner triggered a memory of…

Memories Are Made of This

Abolafia. That unusual surname on a mailing list of people who knew or claimed some connection to the late Paul Krassner triggered a memory of…

Our Times: The Marvelous Mona Chalabi!

In May of this year Mona Chalabi won a Pulitzer Prize in the “Illustrated Reporting and Commentary” category for her contributions to the New York…

JFK Revisited

“...Was a matter of timing and the timing was right” –Bob Dylan, Murder Most Foul A newly released documentary, “JFK: What the Doctors Saw,” irrefragably…

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