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Heroes and Patriots
Heroes and Patriots We’re in California now, but just before our trip I bought a paperback to read on the plane. It’s been mentioned nowhere that I know of, but I happened to notice its title online: A Voice for … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Qaeda, American ambassador, Arab culture, Arabists, atoms in the void, Benghazi attack, bipartisanship, bodice busters, congressional confirmation hearings, diplomacy, diplomatic corps, disinformation, dustbin of history, French actress, French movie star, heroes at Normandy, leaving a man in the field, liberation of France, Libya, love and duty, Lydie Denier’s A Voice for Ambassador J.Christopher Stevens, man, Marshall Plan, Muslim sensibilities, Nazi Occupation of Europe, Nazi Occupation of France, overthrow of Gaddafi, respect for women, romantic memoir, same sex relations, Syrian conflict, the mob and the video, the person of an ambassador, the political animal, W.H. Auden's In Memory of W B Yeats, WW II
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Nostalgia and Yearning
Nostalgia and Yearning For most of my life, I’ve lived under a low-hanging cloud of yearning. The Germans call it Sehnsucht. It’s romantic longing for a fog-enshrouded, mystery-enfolded, beckoning future. It’s the kind of longing depicted in the movie, “Wuthering … Continue reading
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