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  • Denouncing Hugo Chavez. And other sports of the rich, infamous and just plain stupid
    16 October 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Daniel Patrick Welch
    Nancy Pelosi apparently has so much time on her hands, and so few other issues to address, that she saw fit to unload on Hugo Chavez following his appearance before the U.N. in New York. Most readers are familiar by now with Chavez’ provocative swipes at "Devil" Bush and his comment that the titular head of U.S. empire had left the place reeking of sulfur from his earlier appearance.
    Is this run-of-the-mill Pablum of the Poor what angered Democratic Party (…)

  • Images of protest against Lebanon massacre
    6 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Daniel Patrick Welch
    These are some signs made for a local Lebanese solidarity event. The original inspiration came from an interview I heard with Tina Naccache from Lebanon, who mentioned that they had made pictures of bombs with US and Israeli flags on them for a protest in Beirut.
    It seemed right to the point, and I came up with these - I really wanted to drive home the central point of US complicity for an American audience, which I hope I’ve done passing well.
    The links between (…)

  • Left all atwitter over Vice President’s itchy trigger finger
    14 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Daniel Patrick Welch
    Of course, most of you already know I’ve never been the Vice President’s biggest fan. I’ve often confused him with Lon Cheney, and yes, I’ve had him in my sights before...er, so to speak. But I find it unconscionable that the left wing punditocracy is having such unearned fun over Cheney’s unfortunate hunting accident. I mean who is the victim here? The Vice President, who was deprived of the chance to become a marksman through proper training in Vietnam just (…)

  • Pants on Fire: the Liars of the Bush Administration will take the world down in flames if we let them
    16 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Daniel Patrick Welch
    Sam Alito is merely the latest liar on the block for Bush’s full spectrum dominance agenda. But the show-trial hearings on whether this proto-fascist ideologue should be allowed to shape US social and political development for a generation provide some nuggets of insight into how the corrupt junta’s pathological liars actually work.
    The first order of amazement is that the process can actually take place. Shouldn’t precedence be given to hearings on impeaching and (…)

  • Nothing to Lose
    13 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Not that the world beyond America’s shores could give two hoots about the U.S.’ internal squabbles anymore: after years of hoping for some inkling of resistance from the home front, the global community has likely had quite enough. But is there a stirring in the Belly of the Beast? Writer Daniel Patrick Welch, while skeptical, takes pleasure in the growing travails of the Bush cabal and hints that the heretofore neutered opposition may have grown some new appendages.
    By Daniel Patrick (…)

  • Try and catch the wind
    14 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Daniel Patrick Welch
    Synopsis:
    Once again, an old song acts as muse for Daniel Patrick Welch. Repopularized by a current Volkswagen ad, the Donovan lyric tweaks Welch’s sense of the futility of resistance in the quagmire that is today’s American political landscape. From a personal perspective, the writer describes watching as all his European friends flee one by one, a sort of metaphor for the international rejection of the would-be Pax Americana.
    To understand fully the nature of (…)

  • A patchwork of help—Greenhouse School’s unique approach to Katrina relief
    20 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Daniel Patrick Welch
    The Hurricane Katrina disaster is bringing out an instinct to help from schools, churches and groups all over the world. However, students at The Greenhouse School are taking a unique approach to helping victims of Katrina—and one that is familiar at the same time. “We wanted to do something, like a lot of people, but we wanted it to be special and in line with how we work,” said Julia Nambalirwa-Lugudde, the school’s assistant director.
    She and her colleague, (…)

  • Where Have all the Soldiers Gone?
    7 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    "You know the year of 1900-that was 60 years ago/when death come howling on the ocean/death calls, you gotta go"—Tom Rush, Wasn’t it a Mighty Storm
    by Daniel Patrick Welch
    "Galveston had a seawall, just to keep the waters down. But the high tide from the ocean spread the water over the town." The worst hurricane in US history saw almost 6000 people drowned in Galveston, Texas a little over a century ago, in a human tragedy immortalized by Tom Rush’s mournful 1960 ballad. But it was an (…)

  • QUEEN OF HEARTS : The Nnabagereka Charms all with visit to Boston school
    5 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Daniel Patrick Welch
    SALEM, U.S.A. ­ Four-year old Brandon Marrero awoke early and opened his eyes wide. “Is today Queen’s Day?” he asked his mom?
    The preschooler at the Greenhouse School in Salem, Massachusetts (north of Boston) had been excited for weeks, and the day had finally arrived. He and his schoolmates at the small alternative school on Boston’s north shore were going to see a real, live Queen. The Nnabagereka, Her Highness the Queen of Buganda, was to visit the school. (…)

  • What our kids don’t know can hurt us: Why it matters to know about Africa and the rest of the world
    25 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Daniel Patrick Welch
    It is well known that American kids traditionally score well below their foreign counterparts in geographic knowledge, and Africa seems to be perennially at the bottom of what they know. The reasons for this shameful lack of interest or insight are many and varied, especially given the US’ current position in the world, but a few problem areas are easy to explain.
    It is unlikely in any society, for example, that kids would outpace their teachers, parents, (…)