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In reply to Roderick T. Long. Alas, the program to which you link is immured behind a huuuge, beautiful Paywall. LikeLike

In reply to Roderick T. Long. The program: https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/07/29/william-calley-dead-my-lai-massacre/ LikeLike

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Collateral damage is morally objectionable only when people we don’t like do it. Get with the program! LikeLike

In reply to Roderick T. Long. Everyone around me has the fucking nerve to tell me that Hamas is embedded within the civilian population of Gaza, and that’s why the people of Gaza can be killed without qualms. For any cohort of corpses slaughtered…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. “am now much more sympathetic than I previously was of the sort of unapologetically “non-neutral” activism practiced by the anti-Vietnam War campus activists of the 60s” Glad to have you with us. 😀 LikeLike

In reply to Roderick T. Long. I think voters have the prerogative of interpreting weaselly language in the way they find most plausible. In American political discourse, Israel and Ukraine count as “our friends.” Almost no one would say that Russia or …

Demand is set to triple by 2050. Can it be met in an energy-efficient way?

In reply to Roderick T. Long. What I like about Oliver is basically that he’s so much better a candidate than I thought the LP would cough up this time, given their recent turn to the dark side. (Another backhanded defense, bien sûr.) LikeLike