Archived Articles by Larry Kelley
A compilation of all Larry Kelley’s published articles, blog posts and opinions.
How Did Western Islam Get So Hijacked?
“I don’t think there’s a war here, a war front here in the United States at this point. I think if the whole scenario continues the way it has, inevitably the United States is going to be reaching a type of war front. Yeah. But not right now.” Mohammad al-Asi [...]
Straight Answers on War: Resolving to Use Force
Ms. Ryan – In response to your distinctly disingenuous plea (editorial page, Sept. 29th) for straight answers to the questions posed by President Bush’s embrace of preemption, unilateralism, and reckless militarism (for brevity –PURM), let me try to oblige by asking you to consider the following scenario. Imagine the Bush [...]
Neither Fish nor Foner
The Confessions of Neo Don Quiote and a Decidedly Over-the-Hill Holden Caulfield Reading my hometown newspaper, I was elated to learn that our lone high school here in Piedmont ranks near the top in the nation in its percentage of students accepted to Yale, Harvard, and Princeton. Contemplating our class [...]
Remembering 1942 and Piedmont Hero Jean Witter
“War is not merely a material struggle, but more often a referendum on the spirit.” The brilliant military historian, Victor Davis Hanson, goes on, “ No nation has ever survived once its citizenry ceased to believe its culture was worth saving.” On this year’s July Fourth we are not only [...]
Since You Want to Assign Blame
Letter to the San Francisco Chronicle, September 19, 2001
Broder is Cooked
David Broder’s article is stunningly specious Although he’s considered the dean of Washington-based liberal progressive columnists, nearly every point in David Broder’s recent, Congress Cooks the Books at the Nation’s Peril, was stunningly specious. He begins his piece by citing polling data that validates his tactic of leveling charges against [...]