tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1244034 2010-02-11T19:08:56-05:00 Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. George Orwell, 1946 TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834523b6869e20120a88f69af970b 2010-02-11T19:08:56-05:00 2010-02-19T11:57:42-05:00 Max Holland Print By Max Holland When Charles Mathias died on January 25, his death generated the kind of coverage one would predict for a three-term senator who was long a favorite of the mainstream Washington media. In addition to the obligatory coverage...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WashingtonDeCoded?a=gmvYodSNQlI:PoBKNpry0KE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WashingtonDeCoded?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WashingtonDeCoded?a=gmvYodSNQlI:PoBKNpry0KE:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WashingtonDeCoded?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WashingtonDeCoded?a=gmvYodSNQlI:PoBKNpry0KE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WashingtonDeCoded?i=gmvYodSNQlI:PoBKNpry0KE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WashingtonDeCoded?a=gmvYodSNQlI:PoBKNpry0KE:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WashingtonDeCoded?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WashingtonDeCoded?a=gmvYodSNQlI:PoBKNpry0KE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WashingtonDeCoded?i=gmvYodSNQlI:PoBKNpry0KE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WashingtonDeCoded/~4/gmvYodSNQlI" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.washingtondecoded.com/site/2010/02/senator-mathias-an-appreciation.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834523b6869e20120a7c3d033970b 2010-01-11T15:12:00-05:00 2010-01-25T17:09:22-05:00 Max Holland Print By Jefferson Flanders MADRID, 12 March 2013 (or 2017) - Former US President Barack Obama today abruptly canceled a scheduled trip to Spain after learning that he might be arrested on war crimes charges stemming from past American drone attacks...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WashingtonDeCoded?a=6QwlNA0XgqQ:cuI2QhfOqK0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WashingtonDeCoded?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WashingtonDeCoded?a=6QwlNA0XgqQ:cuI2QhfOqK0:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WashingtonDeCoded?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WashingtonDeCoded?a=6QwlNA0XgqQ:cuI2QhfOqK0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WashingtonDeCoded?i=6QwlNA0XgqQ:cuI2QhfOqK0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WashingtonDeCoded?a=6QwlNA0XgqQ:cuI2QhfOqK0:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WashingtonDeCoded?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WashingtonDeCoded?a=6QwlNA0XgqQ:cuI2QhfOqK0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WashingtonDeCoded?i=6QwlNA0XgqQ:cuI2QhfOqK0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WashingtonDeCoded/~4/6QwlNA0XgqQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.washingtondecoded.com/site/2010/01/drone-wars.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834523b6869e201287643d9b1970c 2009-12-11T18:44:33-05:00 2009-12-20T18:08:51-05:00 Max Holland Print JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died & Why It Matters By James W. Douglass Orbis Books. 510 pp. $30 By John McAdams James Douglass treads a familiar path in JFK and the Unspeakable. It is yet another book that...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WashingtonDeCoded?a=MGZxpFbkqfk:WYThWfpu-pE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WashingtonDeCoded?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WashingtonDeCoded?a=MGZxpFbkqfk:WYThWfpu-pE:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WashingtonDeCoded?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WashingtonDeCoded?a=MGZxpFbkqfk:WYThWfpu-pE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WashingtonDeCoded?i=MGZxpFbkqfk:WYThWfpu-pE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WashingtonDeCoded?a=MGZxpFbkqfk:WYThWfpu-pE:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WashingtonDeCoded?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WashingtonDeCoded?a=MGZxpFbkqfk:WYThWfpu-pE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WashingtonDeCoded?i=MGZxpFbkqfk:WYThWfpu-pE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WashingtonDeCoded/~4/MGZxpFbkqfk" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.washingtondecoded.com/site/2009/12/unspeakably-awful.html