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Patrick Lawrence
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Columnist, essayist, author. Original thinking on foreign affairs. Default media critic. Help sustain the work at patreon.com/thefloutist
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Patrick Lawrence
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Bibi in the dock: Will the Middle East's most dangerous man finally succumb to justice? Let us see. My take now posts @salon. Listen, readers, I do need help sustaining the work via patreon.com/thefloutist. Pls do what you can. The piece on Bibi is here: salon.com/2018/02/18/bib…
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Patrick Lawrence
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Wow! Olympic skating gets v serious v fast: A N-S summit suddenly's more likely'n not. May Moon make the sun shine. Note Pence: He loutishly wldnt even greet Kim Yo-jong, sister of the NK leader. Maybe his wife told him it'd be un-Christian My take @salon salon.com/2018/02/11/a-m…
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Patrick Lawrence
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With Bob Parry's death last week, we--we all of us--suffer a great loss. I add my modest tribute to the many already made and add a few thoughts about what Bob's work meant and where we go from here. This now posts @salon, salon.com/2018/02/04/mor…
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Patrick Lawrence
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Pt 2 of my int'v'w w/ Richard Falk now posts @thenation . This is a true gem, I think. Personally, it's an audio recording of a friendship forming, & how wonderful is this? Will readers Please consider sustaining the work via patreon.com/thefloutist? thenation.com/article/a-conv…
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Patrick Lawrence
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Korea, Syria, Ukraine, the Russia mess: it is grim to put yhem side by side, but we must. The U.S. a global spoiler. My take posts @salon salon.com/2018/01/28/now…
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Patrick Lawrence
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It starts to resemble a race between S Korean efforts to forge a new detente and Washington's plans to prevent any such thing. Nerve-wracking just reading my @salon column this morn:. It's here. salon.com/2018/01/21/a-c… . This is the price we pay for accepting the MIC's power.
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Patrick Lawrence
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Dave. You’re a careful reader as well as faithful encourager, I see, & tks for both. “Neti neti” has no precise definition, I don’t think, bc the concept’s v foreign. Mine’s from a Buddhist housemate at Vanderbilt decades ago, believe it or not. Best. PL
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Patrick Lawrence
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Immensely pleased to publish Part 1 of my 2 part int'v'w w/ the v honorable & thoughtful Richard Falk in @thenation. Part 2 due later this month. It posts here: thenation.com/article/a-conv… It's the kind of work I urgently need readers' help sustaining via patreon.com/thefloutist.
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Patrick Lawrence
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In a new Journal entry, reflections & a personal reminiscence on the "drift of events" in NE Asia, as the 2 Koreas attempt a new detente and Washington frets. patricklawrence.us/journal-entry-… Please, I ask, help sustain the work. The need grows urgent: It's via patreon.com/thefloutist
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Patrick Lawrence
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A little early for this, but what abt a Nobel for Moon Jae-in? KDJ got it & deserved it in 2000, the 1st Korean in any field. In smorn’s @nytimes, high anxiety in Washington as the threat of peace breaks out. We’re indispensable, all right—like a ball & chain on one’s ankle. PL.
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Patrick Lawrence
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Where shall I start counting?! Bestest. PL
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Patrick Lawrence
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Well observed, Max. Subtract the "if," maybe. Admire your stuff whenever I see it. Rgds. PL
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Patrick Lawrence
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Let's not peronify this in Trump: Iran, Korea, Mideast:, that ridiculous Democratic Pty report urging global Russophobia--we watch "US leadership" as it fails for sheer lack of imagination. My take now posts @salon salon.com/2018/01/14/ame…
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Patrick Lawrence
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We've had v important news from the 38th Parallel. The 2 Koreas got more done ydy than anyone coulda expected. Readers who missed it may find my preview useful,@salon. "It's quiet in Washington," said the cowboy. "Yeah, too quiet," his sidekick replied. salon.com/2018/01/07/new…
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Patrick Lawrence
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Readers. Please do consider supporting the work via Patreon. In an current environment of ideological rigidity such as ours, independent thinking of the kind the columns try to offer ev week needs the active support of readers. Tks. The campaign is here: patreon.com/thefloutist.
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Patrick Lawrence
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Are the 2 Koreas on the brink of a breakthrough? We'll know more Tuesday, when North & South meet in Panmunjom. N.B.: This could reduce the US role on the Peninsula--a good but perilous prospect. All to be watched carefully. My take now posts @salon salon.com/2018/01/07/new…
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Patrick Lawrence
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31.12 |
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Why're we arming corrupt, Nazi-dependent Ukraine just as Europe & Russia finally get Kiev to observe the Minsk II ceasefire? Once again, the US as spoiler. My read: Mattis & McMaster are again usurping Trump. Anything to block detente w/ Moscow @salon salon.com/2017/12/31/see…
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Patrick Lawrence
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30.12 |
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@mahabodhi Hello there. Just a note to say I always appreciate the comments you append to the columns. That kind of encouragement's always v welcome. Kind regards & Happy New Year. Patrick Lawrence.
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Patrick Lawrence
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Bernie. State is your orientation. I understand. And who's talking in Tillerson's ear is an interesting question. Isn't it more interesting to ask how much it matters? I've never seen State so apparently sidelined. Kind regards. Patrick Lawrence.
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Patrick Lawrence
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What to make of 2017? There are victories in US defeats, optimism buried in the pessimism: Yearend thoughts now post on my Journal page. patricklawrence.us/journal-entry-… Independent thinking & media are more important ev day. Please help sustain the work via patreon.com/thefloutist.
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