Category Archives: Government & Politics
“…when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.”
The title of today’s entry is from an address made, April 29,1962, by President John F. Kennedy in welcoming a group of Nobel Prize winners to a dinner in their honor at The White House. The extended quote is: “I … Continue reading
About Afghanistan
In the summer of 2005 I spent 30 days in four provinces of Afghanistan as an unpaid consultant to a non-profit organization, The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan. The financing for this consultation (travel expense, primarily) was provided by the Stockholm-Kista … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Government & Politics, History
Tagged Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA Afghanistan and Bin Ladin from the Soviet Invasion to 10 September 2001, Hindu Kush, Peter Hopkirk, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia, The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, Tim Foxley, Wardak
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The Pavellas Perspective 