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Retired labor union official, newspaper editor/reporter, and community worker. Also community activist.

Category: Iraq

  • Patriotism: Must It Blind Us?

    (Remarks prepared for a homily delivered by Ken Germanson at a service April 2, 2023 before the Community of the Living Spirit, an ecumenical worship group in Waukesha WI) A few days ago we marked the 20th Anniversary of the invasion of Iraq by American troops.  What a disaster that turned out to be!  According…

  • Chemical Weapons in Syria? True?

    “Fool me once, shame on you.  Fool me twice, shame on me.” We, the American public, have already been fooled twice by our leaders about the truth on international incidents.  Both times, the resulting actions were disastrous.  Now, we need to resist being “fooled” for a third time, this time by a claim that the…