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Category Archives: Doug Howard
Sixty Years Ago, A Different Refugee Crisis
by Doug Howard. My teacher, Gustav Bayerle, died in October. Watching the unfolding refugee crisis this winter has reminded me of Gustav’s experiences, sixty years ago in another refugee crisis, brought on by the 1956 Hungarian revolution. When the revolution … Continue reading
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Tagged 1956, Budapest, history, Hungarian Revolution, immigration, refugee crisis, refugees
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Light and Hope
by Doug Howard. During this Advent season we’ve all been grieving the violence in Paris, Beirut, Baghdad, San Bernardino, Colorado Springs, Mali… the list seems endless, some from our American free access to guns, some from acts of terrorism committed … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, Christmas, festival of lights, Hannukah, history, interfaith, Islam, Mevlid, solstice
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History, Politics, and Those Pesky WMDs
by Doug Howard. Although my Google Chrome home page is set to international.nytimes.com, I get my best news from Facebook. The New York Times is great, but it is so conventional, and the articles are so long! I just want … Continue reading
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Tagged George W. Bush, history, Iraq, sanctions, U.S. Military, weapons of mass destruction, WMDs
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