“The epic Ken Burns-Lynn Novick series, “The Vietnam War,” ends with the Beatles’ classic “Let It Be” in the background…”
Mel Gurtov
Published in: Bainbridge Island Review, LA Progressive
Date: October 4,9,2017
1142 Words
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““We’re dealing with somebody that we’ll figure out. He may be smart, he may be strategic—and he may be totally crazy.” That was President Trump speaking of Kim Jong-un at his political rally…”
Mel Gurtov
Published in: Counterpunch, Sierra County Prospect, Tacoma Weekly, The Sentinel Echo, Gilmer Free Press, Madison Press, Newberry Observer
Date: September 26,27,28,29,October1,2,2017
527 Words
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“Small powers often have leverage well above their size and capabilities. North Korea is the example par excellence today: It has a primitive economy by all the usual standards…”
Mel Gurtov
Published in: Counterpunch, Mel Gurtov Blog, Kokomo Herald, The Progress Index
Date: September 17,18,19,21,2017
594 Words
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“Nikki Haley, US ambassador to the United Nations, said the other day that Iran had violated the spirit of the 2015 nuclear accord and that President Trump was likely not to certify…”
Mel Gurtov
Published in: Antiwar, Straight Line Logic, The Progress Index, Gilmer Free Press
Date: September 9,11,17,2017
808 Words
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“Thirty years ago Americans endured an absurd expansion of the US nuclear-weapon force under President Reagan…”
Mel Gurtov
Published in: Common Dreams, Journal Courier, The Smirking Chimp, Critical Studies, Counterpunch, LA Progressive, The Reader Magazine, Bainbridge Island Review, Gilmer Free Press, The Greanville Post, Sierra County Prospect, Mel Gurtov Blog, Socialist Worker, Red Flag, A Voice of Resistance, Green Left, Counterpunch, The Progress Index
Date: September 1,3,4,5,6,7,12,2017
793 Words
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“Steve Bannon’s rise to fame and (some) power was at least as much the product of the media as of his intellect. He proffered various cockamamie ideas about the Deep State…”
Mel Gurtov
Published in: Lahaina News, Satish Sharma Blog, Sierra County Prospect, LA Progressive, Counterpunch Bainbridge Island Review, Mel Gurtov Blog
Date: August 23,24,31,2017
329 Words
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