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Author: Bill Merritt
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Bill Merritt

Bill Merritt is a sometimes author in Portland, Oregon. Among his books are Where the Rivers Ran Backward, an account of his experiences as a soldier in Vietnam and Crackers, a memoir about growing up in the South during the Fifties and Sixties while not necessarily being part of the Civil Rights Revolution.
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Qelling Qassem

Bill Merritt January 7, 2020 December 3, 2020

There are ways of making war even worse than hell.

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Highway to Nowhere

Bill Merritt November 16, 2019 December 19, 2020

Through more than a few looking glasses.

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We’re All Turning Into Trust-fund Babies

Bill Merritt July 4, 2019 December 19, 2020

An individual perspective on individual betterment.

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Notes from the Islamic Republic

Bill Merritt May 19, 2019 December 19, 2020

Iran, seen from on site.

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A Matter of Degrees

Bill Merritt September 1, 2009 November 18, 2020

If you rattle around enough, you strike up some unlikely friendships. One of the most unlikely friends I have, at least unlikely to somebody brought …

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Behind the Veil

Bill Merritt July 1, 2009 November 18, 2020

I happened to be in Cairo for the most recent bombing. In fact, I’d spent the entire day the day before at the Kahn al-Kahlili …

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Not Fit to Print

Bill Merritt June 1, 2009 November 18, 2020

In this post-9/ll world, the take- over of a United States embassy by foreign nationals is the kind of thing you’d think you’d hear about …

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The Hillary/Mamie Meme

Bill Merritt April 1, 2008 November 18, 2020

By the time you read this, the shouting will most likely be over between Hillary and Obama, so this question won’t be of much more …

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