There's No There There
This is Murray Polner's blog. Polner, who writes book reviews for HNN, is the author of “No Victory Parades: The Return of the Vietnam Veteran” and “When Can We Come Home? A Debate on Amnesty for Exiles, Anti-War Prisoners and Others.”
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May 12, 2016 10:07 am
In War We Trust, Even If It's Nuclear?
by Murray Polner
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Apr 15, 2016 10:32 am
Obama's Gift To Our Next President: War With China and Russia?
by Murray Polner
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Apr 6, 2016 4:24 pm
"Support Our Troops" Or Who Made All That Money From Bumper Stickers and Weapons?
by Murray Polner
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Mar 25, 2016 10:13 am
Committing Crimes In Our Name
by Murray Polner
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Mar 8, 2016 10:53 am
Gorby, Ron and Nancy Too: What Might Have Been
by Murray Polner
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Feb 4, 2016 4:59 pm
Barack Obama: More Hawk Than Dove
by Murray Polner
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Jan 18, 2016 8:22 pm
A Few Women vs. The Greatest Superpower the World Has Ever Known
by Murray Polner
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Dec 31, 2015 11:27 am
My Memorable Seven Men
by Murray Polner
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Dec 13, 2015 11:33 am
Quicksand: Or How and Why the U.S. Created its Very Own Middle Eastern Quagmire
by Murray Polner
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Nov 12, 2015 10:04 am
Are We Going to Go to War Over the Spratly Islands?
by Murray Polner
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Oct 25, 2015 10:09 am
Policymakers in DC Are Once Again Scaring Hell Out of the American People
by Murray Polner
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Oct 12, 2015 4:48 pm
The Blind Leading the Blind: Everyone’s Middle Eastern Madness
by Murray Polner
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Sep 23, 2015 10:45 am
Hey, World, American Weapons Are Available for (Nearly) Everyone
by Murray Polner
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Aug 5, 2015 4:18 am
Iran, Israel & American Jews
by Murray Polner
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Jun 25, 2015 5:59 am
After He Leaves, What Will They Say About Obama’s Foreign Policy?
by Murray Polner
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Jun 11, 2015 11:25 am
"Stop Watching Us": Who Gets Pardoned
by Murray Polner
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May 26, 2015 8:40 am
"Who Was That Lady I Saw You With Last night? Speak Up!"
by Murray Polner
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May 10, 2015 9:20 am
William Pfaff: The Pundit Who Hated Militarism & War
by Murray Polner
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May 6, 2015 10:01 am
The Great Deal David Petraeus Got Shows a Double Standard at Work
by Murray Polner
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Apr 27, 2015 3:39 pm
Kent State: After 45 Years We Need a Serious Look at What happened and Why
by Murray Polner
News
- The First Time a Plane Was Bombed
- Female World War II Pilots Can Now Have Their Ashes at Arlington National Cemetery
- Obama Signs Bill Removing ‘Negro,’ ‘Oriental’ from Federal Laws
- ISIS Destroys Ancient Adad & Mashki Gates in Nineveh, Iraq
- Geographical names with “Jim Crow” are history in this state
- Robert W. Gutman, Biographer of Wagner and Mozart, Dies at 90
- Greg O’Malley’s go-to slave trade database will soon show more than the path the ships took from Africa to the New World
- In a wide-ranging interview Manisha Sinha discusses abolitionism, Bernie Sanders and socialism
- Bill Gates recommends reading Yuval Noah Harari’s "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind"
- Fritz Stern, a Leading Historian on Modern Germany, Dies at 90









