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A Postmortem of the Iraq War

Wikileaks documents revealed in 2011 that U.S. military tallied about 100,000 deaths from incidents involving U.S. troops, in total, with about 66,000 of those constituting civilian deaths. War is hell. What follows from this true statement should not be, as is all too often claimed, “so get used to it.” Rather, what follows should be quite different: “so do not enter into wars unless absolutely necessary for national security.”

Grafton’s Newest: V is for Vengeance

Sue Grafton was on the phone, her soft Kentucky accent coming through from Phoenix, first stop on her book-signing tour for the 22nd in her alphabet crime series, V is for Vengeance.

What I Learned from the Tea Fire

November 13, 2008, remains the defining moment when nearly all that I, and my immediate family, had ever created, nurtured, and owned turned into heat and light and ash.

Am I In A Bad Dream?

Marty Blum doesn’t believe the city council incumbents’ campaign rhetoric.

It’s About Time for Seth Thomas

About a month from now, the hottest new attraction in town will open in the heart of the Santa Barbara Courthouse, a clanging, clanking contraption looking like a Rube Goldberg cartoon invention.

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