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“It will be tempting to accept the narrative that this outcome was a result of President Biden’s choice to withdraw U.S. forces. In reality..., the problem started 20 years ago when American leaders put a smiling face on failure and called it success.” washingtonpost.com/outlook/b…
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The new Fall 2021 @OrbisBooks catalog is 🔥! With #HenriNouwen, @DeanKBD, #RonRolheiser, #ThomasMerton, @pontifex, @joanchittister, #HowardThurman, #Teilhard, #Panikkar, @ProfessorJPRuiz, @gerryorome and more. view.flipdocs.com/?ID=100273…
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Thinking today of all the journalists who feel called to stand with the suffering, and who risk their lives to tell their story. My reflection today in @GiveUsThisDayLP on James Foley, killed by ISIS, Aug 19 2014.
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In 1970 my father @DanielEllsberg met with Henry Kissinger and urged him to read the McNamara study, later known as the #PentagonPapers. “But do we really have anything to learn from this study?" #Kissinger asked. "After all, we make decisions very differently now.”
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My father said: "#Cambodia didn’t look all that different.” Kissinger replied: "Cambodia was undertaken for very complicated reasons.” My father: "Henry, there hasn't been a rotten decision in this area for 20 years which wasn't undertaken for very complicated reasons."
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Thinking about this story in light of the end of the war in #Afghanistan, spanning 20 yrs, 4 admins. “Do we really have anything to learn from history?” From the Russians in Afghanistan, the French in Indochina, our own war in #Vietnam? “We make decisions very differently now."
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@RobertEllsberg retweeted
Today is the anniversary of Black Elks death. In this book Costello uncovers a Black Elk who is at once a sincere Catholic, a Lakota holy man, and an active agent fighting for the survival of his people in a colonial world #damiancostello #blackelk #nativeamerican
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Blaise Pascal died Aug 19 1662. Last year, during the initial COVID lockdown, I reflected on his message for this time.
#MastersofSocialIsolation #2. Blaise Pascal (1662), scientist, philosopher, Christian apologist, diagnosed the human condition: “Boredom, inconstancy, anxiety.” His case for Xty was based on his examination of human nature, particularly our insatiable need for diversion.
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Keeping a sacred vigil for internationally known artist John August Swanson – San Gabriel Valley Tribune sgvtribune.com/2021/08/06/ke…
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“Ruth Burrows: Essential Writings.” A living spiritual master (98 today) @OrbisBooks
Today is the 98th birthday of Sister Rachel of the Quidenham Carmelite Monastery (Ruth Burrows). Praise God for the gift of her life and the mystical wisdom that she has shared through her writings! (1/2)
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My RNS column: In Afghanistan, we made the same mistakes as in Vietnam religionnews.com/2021/08/17/… via @RNS #Afghanistan
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The Taliban victory in Afghanistan completes a 43-yr arc begun when NSA Zbigniew Brzezinski sought to entrap USSR into a quagmire by arming the radical Muhajadin. He considered Soviet invasion a victory for US interests. bit.ly/2VP2qbn
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2nd-guessing tactical decisions in Afghan are beside the point without deeper scrutiny of the imperial mindset of the national security state. Otherwise there will be future Afghanistans. Meanwhile, prepare for the battle to assign blame for “losing Afghanistan.”
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From a distance
There is harmony
And it echoes through the land
It's the voice of hope
It's the voice of peace
It's the voice of every man.
—RIP Nanci Griffith
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Sorrow for news of the passing of Andrew F. Walls (93), a pioneer in the study of World Christianity. @OrbisBooks published 3 vols of his essays, one named by Christianity Today among 100 most important works of the 20th century. A great scholar, a great mind, a great heart.
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@RobertEllsberg retweeted
Letter from the Publisher #orbisbooks #letterfromtheeditor #religion #maryknoll
@RobertEllsberg #henrinouwen #bookstagram #community #faith #love #understanding
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