An Essay: Iraq Ten Years Later

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Monday March 18, 2013 · 11:45 AM PDT

2013/03/18 · 11:45

U.S. Army Pfc. Douglas Dalton posts security during a joint neighborhood patrol in Mosul, Iraq, May 2, 2006. Dalton is with 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John M. Foster) (Released)

On the eve of the 10 year anniversary of the invasion in Iraq, just a look back at some of what got us there and what happened afterwards. More than 4,000 Americans died in the Iraq War along with tens of thousands of Iraqis. It took nine years for the US to extricate itself from what has become the biggest foreign policy disaster since Vietnam.

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Saturday November 03, 2012 · 10:17 AM PDT

2012/11/03 · 10:17

As expected, early voting in Palm Beach Co., FL is a nightmare.

We arrived at 6:40 this morning to find that people had been standing in line since just after 4:00 waiting for the polls to open. This is what we found: 6:40 AM at the West Boca branch of the Palm Beach Library

After daylight, I went back to the end of the line to take this shot from the back of the building where the line formed: Back of the Palm Beach Library in Boca Raton, FL Saturday morning

Once you made it around the building, this mass of humanity awaited coming up the side before you even got close to the door: Side of the Palm Beach Library in Boca Raton

The parking lot was full and I watched several people leave this morning after giving up. I should also point out that it was a bit surreal standing in the dark in a field in front of an elderly woman with a walker.

At about 9:40 this morning, I finally cast my vote. Three hours later.

Who do you thank for this?

Thank the crack Governor Rick Scott for cutting early voting and refusing to extend voting hours despite the lines of people.

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Saturday September 29, 2012 · 7:43 AM PDT

2012/09/29 · 07:43

For some time now, I've tried to pin a predictable set of principles to the radical right Tea Party. It seems to be changing all the time. But in an interview this week, it finally all seemed to click.

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