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Thinking about peace, near a St. Paul vigil against war

By Dick Bernard, Outside the Walls

CORRECTION 3/20/2012 • March 19 is a tragic anniversary. As my friend, Wayne Wittman, of Veterans for Peace put it: “On March 19, 2003, after a terrific bombardment called “Shock and Awe” we and the other nations we could coax to join us launched an invasion of the sovereign independent Nation of Iraq.”

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Travelling with the Lexington Institute: Notes on Cuba, part two

By Dick Bernard, Outside the Walls

My sister, Flo, was in the Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic 1966-68, and was back to the DR to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps. She and Carter decided to add on a trip to Cuba enroute home. Here’s a vintage photo of Flo at the border of Haiti and Dominican Republic about 1967 or so.

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The enigmatic island: Notes on Cuba, part one

By Dick Bernard, Outside the Walls

Cuba has always intrigued me, though the closest I’ve been is neighboring Haiti, which has both benefited and been cursed by its proximity to the island Communist Republic to its immediate west.

This is part one of a two-part post. Click to read Travelling with the Lexington Institute: Notes on Cuba, part two

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"Takeaways" from the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize forum

By Dick Bernard, Outside the Walls

At the preview of the Nobel Peace Prize Forum on February 14, we were told that, for the first time, the major sessions of the Forum would be live-streamed and accessible around the world. I did not publicize that to my own mailing list, since I was most interested in attendance at the event.

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Business, art and music day, at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum at Augsburg College

By Dick Bernard, Outside the Walls

A wonderful Jazz combo from Augsburg College opened the 2012 Forum, first with a fine rendition of John Lennon’s Imagine, and Sting’s We Work the Black Seam Together.

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