The invasion of Iraq was not an unprecedented event; it really was the natural extension of a conflict with Iraq that began… — Michael Klare Copy Share Image
On the August night in 1933 when General Gerardo Machado, then president of Cuba, flew out of Havana into exile, he took… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
Abraham Zogoiby covered his face that night in August 1939 because he had been assailed by fear, [...] a sudden apprehension that… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
There is a velvety sensuality here at the mouth of the Mississippi that you won't find anywhere else. Tell me what the… — Andrei Codrescu Copy Share Image
I was first introduced to August Wilson in the 80s when Charles Dutton did Ma Rainey and James Earl Jones and Courtney… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
In Europe life retreats out of the cold, and exquisite fireside myths have resulted—Balder, Persephone—but [in India] the retreat is from the… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
It's not often you find yourself writing about a game that you haven't seen one kick of. But it's not often that… — Phil Cornwell Copy Share Image
In August, the large masses of berries, which, when in flower, had attracted many wild bees, gradually assumed their bright velvety crimson… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Many people I know in Los Angeles believe that the Sixties ended abruptly on August 9, 1969, ended at the exact moment… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
I am a Leo. I was born in August and I love the sunshine. I'm like a cat. We live in a… — Mary Ann Hoberman Copy Share Image
The tenor of the comments as we got closer and closer to August got dominated by 'Wouldja please get this over with'… — Nan Hayworth Copy Share Image
The foliage has been losing its freshness through the month of August, and here and there a yellow leaf shows itself like… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The August Decrees were an improvised parliamentary reaction to an emergency situation. — Francois Furet Copy Share Image
The weary August days are long; The locusts sing a plaintive song, The cattle miss their master's call When they see the… — Edmund Clarence Stedman Copy Share Image
I want to just say something very, very personal. As you know, Louisiana has undergone a lot of flooding over the last… — Donna Brazile Copy Share Image
October is a fine and dangerous season in America. It is dry and cool and the land is wild with red and… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Back in August, I wrote a post about the supposed race to the bottom with ebooks, refuting some nonsense written by an… — J.A. Konrath Copy Share Image
I was notified on July 17 to be ready to start August 7 for an October air date. When we reached the… — Jeffrey Hunter Copy Share Image
“People were messy. They were defined not only by what they'd done, but by what they would have done, under different circumstances,… — Victoria Schwab Copy Share Image
The seasons don't matter to most of us anymore except as spectacles. In my county and in many places around this part… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
the first week of August is motionless, and hot. It is curiously silent, too, with blank white dawns and glaring noons, and… — Natalie Babbitt Copy Share Image
In 2016, Washington and its coalition partners conducted more than 7,000 strikes in Iraq and Syria. And in Libya, the United States… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
Did you know there are thirty-two names for love in one of the Eskimo languages?" August said. "And we just have this… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
The paired butterflies are already yellow with August Over the grass in the West garden; They hurt me. I grow older. — Li Bai Copy Share Image
