The Fromson File

Reporting, analysis and commentary on current and historical events by Murray Fromson, veteran journalist and professor emeritus at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication.

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Guns, Blood and Truth

January 12th, 2011 No Comments

I have seen too much human blood spilled in my lifetime — of people I did not know — mostly in wartime. I was trained to use a rifle and a handgun at Fort Ord. California before shipping overseas as a GI. In self-defense, I killed Chinese soldiers in Korea. In Vietnam, I had to [...]

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Our Sick Society

August 10th, 2009 No Comments

Time is running out before we’re robbed of our sanity. Long ago in World War II, there used to be a patriotic poster that hung on many walls. It read, “loose lips sink ships.” Today, our ship of state is in mighty danger of being sunk because of the reckless violation of one of our [...]

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