Georgie Anne Geyer
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Turkey's fight against ISIS serves its own purposesAug 10, 2015 9:18 pm - Since the Islamic State most unfortunately came onto our horizons a year ago, one of the Obama administration's major disappointments has been the hesitation of Turkey t...
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Strategy, not tactics, is next president's top jobJul 28, 2015 1:00 am - By chance, in the withering summer heat, I came across an article by Dr. Henry Kissinger in the Harvard Gazette of last May. In an era when Gen. George C. Marshall, who ...
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Despite vulgarity, thank you Donald TrumpJul 23, 2015 5:00 am - I think Americans are being a little unfair to Donald Trump. Oh sure, he brags tiresomely about his money and his women, and he couldn't tell a Mexican from a San Blas I...
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Proposed: A meeting to stop the bleeding in ChicagoJul 16, 2015 1:00 am - Englewood, Gresham, West Lawndale, Humboldt Park, South Chicago. Where have I heard those neighborhood names before? Oh yes, I do remember some of them. I was born and r...
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Why do we persist in blundering into war?Jul 06, 2015 3:35 pm - When another dramatic story sprang out of Iraq recently — that ISIS reduced the flow of water through a dam on the Euphrates to shrink the river and give them easier acc...
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Seeds of modern democracy were planted by Magna CartaJun 25, 2015 1:00 am - This week of June 15 is being celebrated all over the civilized world as the 800th anniversary of one of the major events in human history - an event that has led us to ...
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Saint or sinner: Two paths, neither one easyJun 14, 2015 1:00 am - I have always had a liking for good quotes from great people. They help me put things in order and avoid the indecision of muddling through. The great French writer and ...
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Jeb Bush mistakenly follows his brother's pathMay 21, 2015 1:00 am - One really has to wonder, why all the fuss about Jeb Bush? Yes, of course, he does have a careless tongue and a delivery that reminds you of your tax accountant. And aft...
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For Europe, generosity may come with a priceMay 07, 2015 10:40 am - “(The book) has moments of appalling power and occasionally a terrible beauty. ... It confronts the white West with dreads from its deep unconscious. It leaves a reader ...
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Alliances shift in the sands of the Middle EastMay 03, 2015 1:00 am - Allies are a wonderful thing to have when you're fighting your way around the world. We would never have won our Revolution without France's support, for instance, and W...