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In 1990, John Kerry's Father, Richard Kerry, authored a book called Star Spangled Mirror. According Kerry's father, America's has a flawed foreign policy - the assumption that other people ought to share our view of world order. In essence, Kerry's father argues that democratic universalism is a flawed US foreign policy. Kerry's father even stated: "It is the specter of Western Imperialism that causes more fear among Africans and Asians than communism, and thus it is self-defeating." In his book, Kerry's father further even: "Seeing the Soviet Union as the aggressor in every instance, and the U.S. as only reacting...

Kerry's World: Father Knows Best By the time John Kerry's father, Richard, published . . . . The Star-Spangled Mirror, in 1990, he should have been a mellow man. Nearly 30 years had passed since his retirement from the Foreign Service, where he'd filled mid-level posts in Washington, Berlin, and Oslo. His central issue, the cold war, had followed him into retirement with the crumbling of the Berlin Wall and rise of glasnost in Russia. . . . The Star-Spangled Mirror is a critique of moralism in America's foreign policy -- and, more than that, it is a critique of...

John Kerry’s Fellow Travellers*A 5-part series exposing John Kerry’s Communist connections.Part 1: John Kerry’s Red Roots: Richard Kerry’s Left-Wing LegacyBy Fedora *NOTE: The term “fellow traveller” as used in this article series refers to someone who is not a member of the Communist Party (CP) but regularly engages in actions which advance the Party’s program. Some apparent fellow travellers may actually be “concealed party members”: members of the CP who conceal their membership. Which of these classifications is applicable to the Kerrys is a question this series leaves unresolved. This series does not argue for any direct evidence of Richard...

By the time John Kerry's father, Richard, published his only book, The Star-Spangled Mirror, in 1990, he should have been a mellow man. Nearly 30 years had passed since his retirement from the Foreign Service, where he'd filled mid-level posts in Washington, Berlin, and Oslo. His central issue, the cold war, had followed him into retirement with the crumbling of the Berlin Wall and rise of glasnost in Russia. When the 75-year-old Kerry wasn't working on his book, he could be found building model ships and sailing off Cape Cod. If he had any reasons for professional bitterness, they should...

SAINT-BRIAC-SUR-MER, France -- John Kerry's relatives in France bristle at jabs from across the Atlantic that the presidential contender has a French connection. They say Kerry has no link to France other than the home his grandparents bought here. ''John Kerry is incredibly American,'' says Brice Lalonde, Kerry's cousin and mayor of this seaside Brittany village. ''He has absolutely nothing French about him.'' For another cousin, Christopher Curtis: ''John is an all-American guy with the benefit of having spent some time overseas.'' With the race for the White House turning nasty -- and France-U.S. ties not quite mended from the...

By the time John Kerry's father, Richard, published his only book, The Star-Spangled Mirror, in 1990, he should have been a mellow man. Nearly 30 years had passed since his retirement from the Foreign Service, where he'd filled mid-level posts in Washington, Berlin, and Oslo. His central issue, the cold war, had followed him into retirement with the crumbling of the Berlin Wall and rise of glasnost in Russia. When the 75-year-old Kerry wasn't working on his book, he could be found building model ships and sailing off Cape Cod. If he had any reasons for professional bitterness, they should...

By the time John Kerry's father, Richard, published his only book, The Star-Spangled Mirror, in 1990, he should have been a mellow man. Nearly 30 years had passed since his retirement from the Foreign Service, where he'd filled mid-level posts in Washington, Berlin, and Oslo. His central issue, the cold war, had followed him into retirement with the crumbling of the Berlin Wall and rise of glasnost in Russia. When the 75-year-old Kerry wasn't working on his book, he could be found building model ships and sailing off Cape Cod. If he had any reasons for professional bitterness, they should...