Ben Tanosborn
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Kaleidoscoping the migrant problem-opportunity dilemma
By Ben Tanosborn Pictures of migrant-exiles from the Middle East, not just Syrians but Iraqis and Afghanis as well, are…
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Finding pearls of wisdom in the Donald’s Trumperbolic campaign
By Ben Tanosborn I’ve just received an interesting query from Mingo, a long-standing European journalist friend and expert on all-things-Afghan……
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Lessig: a voice of hope and reason in US politics
By Ben Tanosborn When the jar holding sustenance civic-water is broken, fragmented in countless small pieces, it seems foolish to…
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Can Bernie’s soft-evolution replace an American second revolution?
By Ben Tanosborn Wishful thinking can come in many shapes and sizes, but history and present reality do readily tell…
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Trumping political success through an irate silent majority
By Ben Tanosborn Four years ago Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga rebirthed the musical-cicada of the 1937 song, “The Lady…
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Sorry… Greece and Puerto Rico do not qualify for sovereign Ponzi schemes!
By Ben Tanosborn No; the Ponzi scheme has not been decriminalized for individuals, only for Nation-States and on occasion for…
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Foreign policy coup: De-Americanization of world’s conflicts
By Ben Tanosborn Some American politicians occasionally remind us that the US should not try to be the world’s policeman;…
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Mild-mannered Bernie Sanders: A conscience Americans don’t want
By Ben Tanosborn Seriously… a Democratic alternative to Hillary Clinton for the US presidency, are you nuts? Crazier yet… from a…
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Resentful rage: Stage-4 of cancerous inequality
By Ben Tanosborn White America’s ugliest, uncompassionate, punitive face came to life in 1994 politics as Bill Clinton signed the…
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