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Iran: Now

By Joe Wood on Tue, 06/09/2009 - 3:07am |
There is no coincidence.  There will soon be an election in Iran.  You have an issue of Newsweek devoted almst entirely to Iran, "Everything You Think You Know About Iran Is Wrong."  You have this corresponding with an effort by CNN...
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Welcome My Son, Christian Barack Wood

By Joe Wood on Sat, 06/06/2009 - 8:37am |
Tonight at 9:57 PM, the world welcomed into it my youngest son Christian Barack Wood.  He was 6 lbs 11 oz, and looks like Daddy.  I am not entirely embarrassed to note that upon arrival, he emerged--and peed directly on...
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A New Beginning: How Fair Minded Words Can Disarm

By Joe Wood on Thu, 06/04/2009 - 3:30pm |
One speech cannot turn the tide.  Maybe if you are Dick Cheney, that is true.   I know there are many -- Muslim and non-Muslim -- who question whether we can forge this new beginning.  Some are eager to stoke...
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How Obama Can Relate To The Potential Islamic Extremist

By Joe Wood on Thu, 06/04/2009 - 1:08am |
Obama will tomorrow give a highly anticipated and formerly promised speech to the Muslim world, from one of its capitals. It is pointless no doubt to predict what words he may choose, and fairly obvious to the learned eye what...
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Obama and the Confederate Memorial

By Joe Wood on Tue, 05/26/2009 - 2:59am |
I attended as a teenager a military academy here in St. Louis.  In naval science class, we not only learned the history of people like John Paul Jones and Admiral Nimitz, we also learned the history of how Robert E....
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I Sat Upon the Moonlit Night

By Joe Wood on Sun, 05/24/2009 - 6:25am |
i slept upon the moonlit night i sat at where the shadows warm the darkness felt the coldness numb and fell upon my wounded arm   i sat upon the windows sky i ate the anger from my tears and...
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The Unemployment Office: Day Care for the Discouraged Worker

By Joe Wood on Sun, 05/24/2009 - 1:52am |
I go to the unemployment office.  Usually once or twice a week.  I see more and more people applying.  I see longer lines.  I now see men in suits who look uncomfortable being there; figity, obnoxious, panicky.  I suppose this...
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My Experience in the Family Court: Child Custody

By Joe Wood on Fri, 05/22/2009 - 11:49pm |
9 years ago, my son was born.  I was 22. I and the mother were not together, but it was a situation where I established paternity, and entered into a fair 50-50 oral agreement.  Some of you are now saying,...
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Want to Change Your Enemy; Lead By Example

By Joe Wood on Mon, 05/18/2009 - 11:39pm |
In recent days, I have noticed that there is a swell of ill-will not just against Cheney, Bush, Rove, Boehner, and Palin, but against the party they serve, the ideas they represent, and the ordinary people who believe in their agenda. ...
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The Lighthouse and the Crossroads

By Joe Wood on Sun, 05/17/2009 - 11:48pm |
When President Barack Obama gave the commencement address given at Notre Dame today, I thought he expressed ideas that make this particular speech extremely timely and universal for it's sentiment.  It is about what he called being "a lighthouse and a crossroads."  It is worth...

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