All posts by Chuck Fager

How Erdogan’s Towering Corruption Turned Turkey’s Terrible Earthquake Into a Political Atrocity

Erdogan’s Epic Earthquake Fail. Will He Pay The Price? by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist — Feb. 12, 2023. Six days after earthquakes killed tens of thousands in Syria and Turkey, sorrow and disbelief are turning to anger and tension. Many in Turkey have a sense that there has been an ineffective, unfair and disproportionate response … Continue reading How Erdogan’s Towering Corruption Turned Turkey’s Terrible Earthquake Into a Political Atrocity →

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Dyer & Friedman on Netanyahu’s Impending Victory & Israel’s Loss of Democracy

[NOTE: I recall a year ago when Gwynne Dyer confidently predicted that Vladimir Putin would not be so irrational and foolish  as to launch a war against Ukraine. Dyer was right about the war’s folly, but not alone in badly misjudging Putin’s state of mind and resolve. Still, I respect Dyer’s experience, breadth of strategic/historic … Continue reading Dyer & Friedman on Netanyahu’s Impending Victory & Israel’s Loss of Democracy →

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A Superbowl Alternative (or Prequel): Something Fishy. (Two things, Actually.)

[NOTE: I hardly eat fish anymore, though in my old-style Catholic boyhood Fish-on-Friday was a rule. I particularly liked tuna. But tuna (along with a lot of Catholic dogmas) turned out to be toxic, along with a lot of other finned favorites. So I mostly let it pass. But of course that doesn’t absolve me … Continue reading A Superbowl Alternative (or Prequel): Something Fishy. (Two things, Actually.) →

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