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Alexander Cockburn

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in Scotland, The United Kingdom

June 06, 1941

died

July 21, 2012

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Alexander Claud Cockburn was an American political journalist. Cockburn was brought up in Ireland but has lived and worked in the United States since 1972. Together with Jeffrey St. Clair, he edits the political newsletter CounterPunch. Cockburn also writes the "Beat the Devil" column for The Nation and a weekly syndicated column for the Los Angeles Times as well as for The First Post, which is syndicated by Creators Syndicate.

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The End of America's Armies for 07/13/2012

Retired Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, bounced out of his job for revels in Paris as witnessed by Rolling Stone, has recycled a perennial chestnut: Bring back the draft — i.e., a conscripted military, not the volunteer military of today.

These days, McChrystal teaches at Yale University with what must be a protection unique in the annals of academic freedom. Everything he tells his st ...

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Average rating: 3.98 · 410 ratings · 43 reviews · 39 distinct works · Similar authors

	Whiteout: The CIA, Drugs and the Press by Alexander Cockburn, Jeffrey St. Clair (Goodreads Author) 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Politics Of Anti-Semitism by Alexander Cockburn (editor), Jeffrey St. Clair (Goodreads Author) (editor), Uri Avnery (Contributor) 3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Corruptions of Empire: Life Studies & the Reagan Era 4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1987 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Golden Age is in Us: Journeys and Encounters, 1987-1994 4.36 of 5 stars 4.36 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Five Days That Shook the World: Seattle and Beyond by Alexander Cockburn, Jeffrey St. Clair (Goodreads Author) 3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Serpents in the Garden: Liaisons with Culture & Sex by Alexander Cockburn (Editor), Jeffrey St. Clair (Goodreads Author), Jeffery St. Clair (Editor) 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2004	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Imperial Crusades: Iraq, Afghanistan and Yugoslavia by Alexander Cockburn, Jeffrey St. Clair (Goodreads Author) 4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2004	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dime's Worth of Difference: Beyond the Lesser of Two Evils by Alexander Cockburn (Editor), Jeffrey St. Clair (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2004	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	End Times: The Death of the Fourth Estate by Alexander Cockburn, Jeffrey St. Clair (Goodreads Author) 3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2006	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Washington Babylon by Alexander Cockburn, Ken Silverstein 3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Alexander Cockburn

“Republicans know well that a change of rhetorical pace is necessary. But efforts by their leaders to damp down the bellicosity of newly elected Tea Party types is running into the fact that the Tea Partiers have only the high volume setting on their amplifiers, just like Palin. They're like a couple having a fight at a funeral; politely sotto voce, then suddenly bursting out fortissimo with their plaints and accusations.”
― Alexander Cockburn

tags: 2011, 2011-tuscon-shooting, bickering, funerals, politics, republican-party-united-states, rhetoric, sarah-palin, tea-party-movement, united-states

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