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Golf, Cambodia, and the ‘very cornerstone of morality’
Golf, Cambodia, and the ‘very cornerstone of morality’ An example of the often quite interesting, random range of incoming messages I get daily and my sincere reply. From this morning: Dear Nate, I...
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GRATITUDE: Thoughts on being born free
GRATITUDE By Nate Thayer November 21, 2013 I am, I think, most grateful in life for being born a free person. I know many–many of whom are my friends–who were not. No government, no authority is...
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How to Make Two Little Old Ladies Happy: A Thanksgiving Story
How to Make Two Little Old Ladies Happy: A Thanksgiving Story By Nate Thayer November 27, 2013 When I was a young boy, between five and 12 years old, I had a second mother. Her name was Reba Thomas...
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Corruption: American Style. U.S. foreign policy leadership for sale to those...
Corruption: American Style. U.S. foreign policy leadership for sale to those who give the most cash By Nate Thayer December 4, 2013 Earlier, I posted a link to the excellent blog of my friend, former...
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‘See Angkor and die’
‘See Angkor and die’ Fri, 3 December 1993 Nate Thayer (This story, one of my favorites, was published 20 years ago today in the Phnom Penh Post) Renée Grass died happy here in Cambodia a few days ago...
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“Who is that singer? Johnny Jackson? Like he says, ‘We are the World!’ We are...
“Who is that singer? Johnny Jackson? Like he says, ‘We are the World!’ We are with you, the West! Let’s join together!” said the Khmer Rouge leader After threatening to assassinate American...
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How Ted Koppel and ABC TV Tried to Steal my Life Work
How Ted Koppel and ABC TV Tried to Steal my Life Work By Nate Thayer December 8, 2013 I am banned by legal agreement to write the following: ABC Television/ Disney Corporation, after seven years in...
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Corporate Power, ABC TV and Ted Koppel tried to censor the free speech of a...
Corporate power tried to steal my life work. ABC TV and Ted Koppel tried to censor the free speech of a free man in a free country. Fuck that. ABC TV stolen pictures frame grab from my copyrighted...
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ABC News and Ted Koppel owe an apology for soiling the integrity of...
Mr. Koppel, you owe an apology to the institution of journalism for soiling its integrity. By Nate Thayer December 12, 2013 Well, Mr. Ted Koppel, I, for one, would like to hear your response to my...
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Korean Sex, the Atlantic magazine, and Ted Koppel: What visitors wanted to...
My 2013 statistics for my blog, natethayer.wordpress.com, have been summarized and broken down. They provide for interesting, sometimes disturbing, sometimes humorous, sometimes enlightening,and to me,...
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Cambodian Army’s dossier of shame
Army’s dossier of shame The state sponsored violence in Cambodia in recent days has a long and predictable history that made the current events inevitable. “Villagers feel totally helpless as they see...
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My Pal, Lamont, is a Cheap Date
Lamont is a Cheap Date By Nate Thayer Lamont Diaries continued Lamont is a Cheap Date My new pal, Lamont, is a cheap date. And a bit of a shameless hussy. Sometimes it is a bit alarming, but he seems...
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My Pal, Lamont, and a Day in his Washington, D.C.
Lamont and a Day in his Washington, D.C. The Lamont Diaries continued By Nate Thayer Lamont and a day in his Washington, D.C. The Great Guru Lamont took me on a long outing to survey is domain and...
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Lamont and I have a Serious Chat
Lamont and I have a Serious Chat Lamont Diaries continued: By Nate Thayer Lamont and I have a Serious Chat Today, Lamont and I had a serious talk about how the earth spins, and that his conduct of...
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My Dog, my Pal Lamont Defuses Simmering D.C. Racial Tensions
Lamont Defuses Simmering D.C. Racial Tensions Lamont Diaries continued: By Nate Thayer My pal, Lamont, has made it clear he wants to be active on the high powered Washington social circuit, to hang out...
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Sympathy for the Devil: A Journalists Memoir from Inside Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge
UPDATE: Kickstarter campaign for publication of “Sympathy for the Devil”. Please excuse, in advance, the insufferable self-promotion seeking funding. Believe me, it mortifies me more than it will annoy...
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One Can Never be too Vigilant in the Defence of a Free Press
The Tools of the Trade–Journalism Cambodia Style–1990′s The Free Press Preparing for another Day Keeping the People Well Informed Without Fear or Favour. Me and my closet of goodies Phnom Penh,...
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The Private Letters of a Foreign Correspondent: Communicating With the Khmer...
Select Private Correspondence from the Files of a Foreign Correspondent: By Nate Thayer I have been doing some tinkering and final revisions and editing of my upcoming book Sympathy for the Devil: A...
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Notes on Love and Courage: The Eulogy of a Very Important Man
Notes on Love and Courage: The Eulogy of a Very Important Man By Nate Thayer January 22, 2014 In recent days, I have been perusing through files and papers while organizing the final details of...
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A Reporter’s Trek Through Cambodian Minefields, Pursued By Soldiers
A Trek Through Minefields, Pursued By Soldiers From my files: News articles I am digitally archiving here on this blog site. This story was written in 1990 after a many weeks walk deep through the...
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