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Author: John Kaufman

April: Poetry & Mud

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A poet in a bad mood can ruin a reputation, as T.S. Eliot did for April when he […]

April 1, 2017 poems, Poetry

Rumple Oxbridge: “The Death of Old King Coal”

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By Rumple Oxbridge , imaginary rhymer-in-residence at The Pacific Old King Coal was a polluted old soul And a […]

March 31, 2017 Political Ditties by Rumple Oxbridge

It’s a Really Good Time for an Anti-War Movement

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First published February 17, 2017 in The Capital Times If there is any consolation to be found in […]

March 30, 2017 Foreign Policy, Pro-Peace

A Poem: “Fists and Flags”

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By John Frederick Kaufman   Fists and Flags “America first!” the president cried and raised his fist to […]

March 28, 2017 Poetry, Politics

Why it’s Realistic to Ban Nuclear Weapons and Why U.S. Should Lead

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Talks are underway this week at the United Nations in New York on a possible global treaty to […]

March 27, 2017 Foreign Policy, Nuclear Weapons, Pro-Peace

Much Ado About Legs and “Leggings”

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    Americans are today up in arms about legs. Specifically, whether or not it is appropriate for […]

March 26, 2017 culture, feminism

“War is the Health of the State”–But Not People

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  How’s this for a grand generalization? The United States is not great at providing health care and really […]

March 25, 2017 Economy, Foreign Policy, Pro-Peace

Rumple Oxbridge: “Playing the Trump Card”

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  By Rumple Oxbridge (imaginary imaginer at The Pacific) House Speaker Paul Ryan spoke Donald Trump “is not […]

December 9, 2015 Political Ditties by Rumple Oxbridge, Politics

House Speaker Ryan offers no “alternative” except a worse one

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin did some major speaking out yesterday, saying he wants to offer “a […]

December 4, 2015 Politics, Wisconsin

In Guns We Trust, Again and Again

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Surely it’s time to refute the great American myth our elected representatives in Washington, D.C. so believe in: an armed citizenry […]

December 3, 2015 Foreign Policy, Gun Violence, Militarism, Terrorism

Who’s afraid of the GOP?

To coin a phrase, the only thing we have to fear is fear itself and the Republican Party. […]

November 24, 2015 Militarism, Politics, Terrorism

“Is public virtue dead?”: Shelley’s “Poetical Essay on the Existing State of Things”

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  By John Frederick Kaufman What better poem to turn to than one recently discovered in England, a poem written […]

November 20, 2015 Poetry

Let’s just build a wall around Wisconsin

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Since the building of really big walls for the good of the nation is now a popular idea among […]

November 17, 2015 Foreign Policy, Politics, Satires, Wisconsin

After Paris terrorist attack, it’s either war or “appeasement” many say

Arguing against military retaliation/intervention is not appeasement or surrender; it is an attempt to limit violence everywhere . . .

November 16, 2015 Foreign Policy, Militarism, Terrorism, Uncategorized

Debate in Wisconsin? Let’s talk about Patriotgate

One question not heard at last night’s Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee was anything about what we might call “Patriotgate.” This has […]

November 10, 2015 Militarism, Wisconsin

Resist the “Instapoets”: a quick poem for the young

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There are some things, like poetry, that cannot come easy if the thing is likely to last. Some advice: don’t enter a […]

November 9, 2015 Literary

“VOT_ for Republicans!”– An Issue Ad for Our Times [Satire]

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We at the Wisconsin Institute for Insisting that Issue Ads are Not About Electing Anybody (WIII . . […]

November 2, 2015 Politics, Satires, Wisconsin

“Killing Blindly in the Endless War” by Kathy Kelly

“These are people who had been working hard for months, non-stop for the past week. They had not […]

October 29, 2015 Foreign Policy, Militarism

The Novelist & the President: what a true democracy is

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When the American novelist/essayist Marilynne Robinson sat down with President Obama for a chat on matters literary, religious […]

October 13, 2015 Foreign Policy, Religion

Bombing Hospitals All in a Day’s Work

 [From the Institute of Policy Studies via Common Dreams] By Phyllis Bennis The destruction of the Doctors Without […]

October 5, 2015 Foreign Policy, Militarism

More perpetual war: Afghanistan again

Speaking of perpetual war, the NY Times is reporting that the U.S. war in Afghanistan, which, despite a […]

September 30, 2015 Foreign Policy

Both China & U.S. need to improve the human rights of women

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Yesterday, at a U.N. summit meeting on women’s rights hosted by, of all nations, China and its president, […]

September 28, 2015 Human Rights

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