Category: Opinion
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You’re not going to fix the Middle East
If there is anything we should take away from more than two decades of Middle East intervention since 9/11 it’s that the West cannot fix it. Our failures to nation build in Iraq and Afghanistan are proof that Western sensibilities do not create a stable nation in the Islamic controlled region. I have considered so…
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An intense world.
I felt the urge to write about the Palestine – Israel situation. To the point where I knew it was going to be reactionary. I knew I was going to be part of a situation where the fog of war was a serious problem to whatever I was going to say. Am I part of…
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3 Reasons Why the GOP Race Matters (Even Though Trump Will Win)
Let’s be serious. If things continue as they are, Trump will be the GOP nominee for president and the barely warm body of Joe Biden will take the presidency. I don’t like it, two thirds of Republican voters don’t like it, and the entirety of the left doesn’t like it. Let’s be realistic and lets…
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The problem of Neo-Nazis and Drag Queens
Host A. J. Kierstead gives his opinion on the neo-nazi “social club” appearance at the Teatotaller Cafe’s Drag Queen Story Hour in Concord, NH. “Juicy” drag queens are also a problem, though… This opinion piece was published in the Concord Monitor and Union Leader with editing by contributor Dexter Tarbox. We have a Substack email…
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Is this where The New England Take ends? Help!!!
Host A. J. Kierstead on The New England Take going independent as an online source for news and opinion in New England. We have a Substack email list to get weekly updates to your inbox: https://substack.com/@newenglandtake Get the podcast version of the show early! Find the podcast links at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thenewenglandtake