Category Archives: In the United States

Bomb Iran? Craziest Idea of the Century (So Far)

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Jack Matlock

Booneville Those of us spending our August out in the boonies may have missed the blog frenzy emanating from Washington the past few weeks predicting that Israel is insisting on bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities to remove an “existential threat.”  If … Continue reading →

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False Labels: What Does “Conservative” Mean?

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Jack Matlock

Former ambassador Dennis Jett published a thoughtful op-ed Sunday about the media entertainers and politicians who call themselves “conservatives” these days.  I consider them propagandists for an ideology which is, in many respects, the opposite of conservative as the word … Continue reading →

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Joe and Rita’s Berry Patch

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Jack Matlock

Joe and Rita in the Roane County (TN) News Continue reading →

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Shultz PBS Series: Ethics Questions?

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Jack Matlock

OK, the producers interviewed me for this series and have included a few cameo snippets of that interview, so I guess some may feel I have a “conflict of interest” in evaluating it. However, I didn’t choose the excerpts, didn’t edit the film, … Continue reading →

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Shirley Sherrod – A Teaching Moment?

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Jack Matlock

I don’t spend much time watching television, but yesterday when I was on the treadmill at the gym, I tuned into CNN, listening through earphones. What I saw was excerpts from Mrs. Sherrod’s talk to the NAACP, and her interview with … Continue reading →

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Nina Khrushcheva: The Spy Who Came in by Amtrak

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Jack Matlock

Nina Khrushcheva knew one of the Russian spies. Here is her hilarious account on ForeignPolicy.com: The Spy Who Came in by Amtrak

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Obama and the Gulf Oil Spill

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Jack Matlock

I have been amazed at the way much of the public—and, it would seem, even more of the media—has treated the oil spill caused by the BP drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico as a problem for the federal … Continue reading →

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The Spy Swap

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Jack Matlock

Second, perhaps, only to sex, spies seem to stimulate the emotions, at least in the United States. And so it was when reports of the arrest of ten—and then eleven, and then twelve—Russian undercover agents in the United States moved … Continue reading →

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