There's No There There

This is Murray Polner's blog. Polner, who writes book reviews for HNN, is the author of “No Victory Parades: The Return of the Vietnam Veteran” and “When Can We Come Home? A Debate on Amnesty for Exiles, Anti-War Prisoners and Others.”

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  May 10, 2019
  

  The Activist Origins of Mother's Day

  by There's No There There

  Few Americans know that Mother’s Day was initially suggested by two peace-minded mothers, Julia Ward Howe and Anna Reeves Jarvis.

  

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  Jan 24, 2019
  

  A News Junkie Reflects on the New York Times

  by There's No There There

  Journalist and historian Murray Polner reflects on his waning love for the New York Times. 

  

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  Jan 7, 2019
  

  The Bipartisan Consensus on Foreign Wars

  by There's No There There

  Even after their recent electoral victories, trying to make a U-turn on foreign policy will not be easy for progressive Democrats.

  

• Oct 29, 2018
  

  We Jews

  by There's No There There

  The Pittsburgh Massacres.
  

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  Sep 4, 2018
  

  Why I've Still Got My Doubts that the Russians Hacked the DNC

  by There's No There There

  They may have, mind you.  But we seem too convinced that they absolutely did.
  

• Jul 17, 2018
  

  Tokyo

  by There's No There There

  From isolation to war to a U.S. colony
  

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  Jul 17, 2018
  

  Canada's Advantage Over the USA

  by There's No There There

  Canada would never lecture another country on how they choose to govern themselves.
  

• Jul 16, 2018
  

  Tokyo, a Few Remembered Moments

  by There's No There There

  Japan has now become an American colony
  

• Jul 14, 2018
  

  Seymour Hersh vs.0ur 0fficial "Truths"

  by There's No There There

  "If your mother says she loves you check it out"
  

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  Jun 27, 2018
  

  Seymour Hersh Vs. Our Official Narratives

  by There's No There There

  Americans don't care about holding our guilty parties accountable, leaving our hawks, conservative and liberal, to plan more wars.
  

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  May 10, 2018
  

  "War Hath No Fury Like a Non-Combatant" – Charles Edward Montague

  by There's No There There

  The Cold War brought unprecedented insecurity to the U.S. Let's not repeat that history.
  

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  Apr 24, 2018
  

  It’s been 48 years since Kent State

  by There's No There There

  The truth as a handful of intrepid historians have pointed out is that had there not been a Cold War mentality there would never have been a Vietnam. And had there not have been a Vietnam War there would never have been a bloodbath at Kent State.
  

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  Apr 15, 2018
  

  A Perfect Recipe for a Nuclear War?

  by There's No There There

  Worries in the wake of the U.S.-led bombing of Syria.
  

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  Apr 9, 2018
  

  The Rare Pundit Who Understood War & Militarism: In Memoriam

  by There's No There There

  William Pfaff's death represented a serious loss of columnists willing to challenge our politics of war and militarism.
  

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  Mar 15, 2018
  

  Way Down South Things Have Changed

  by There's No There There

  But we still have many more miles to go, north and west as well as in the Deep South.
  

• Feb 4, 2018
  

  Trump's War?

  by There's No There There

  Democrats, once doggedly antiwar, are largely silent about a war against North Korea
  

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  Jan 5, 2018
  

  7 Days in May or Treason?

  by There's No There There

  Who hacked the U.S. elections?
  

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  Nov 20, 2017
  

  The Doomsday Clock and the "Nuclear Monarchs"

  by There's No There There

  Should our presidents be the only one to launch unchecked nuclear wars?
  

• Oct 27, 2017
  

  What I've Been Reading Lately

  by There's No There There

  The US is historically addicted to perpetual wars.
  

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  Sep 26, 2017
  

  Loose Talk of Nuclear War

  by There's No There There

  We should remember there is no real defense against nuclear war.