{"id":3,"count":162,"description":"My column runs monthly in the Maryland Daily Record. The pieces have been arranged with the most recent first. This mostly makes sense, but in a couple of instances, most notably my 25-part series \u201cWar Powers, War Lies,\u201d this reverses the narrative flow a lot of the time. If it bothers you, I suggest you read these from the bottom up.\r\n\r\nSometimes these columns were edited after submission, by my very good editor, Barbara Grzincic, who wrote all the subheads. Mostly I agree with the changes; sometimes not. Sometimes I see writing errors after I submit the piece. I am sure I am not the only author it happens to. In any event, the columns as they appear here are not exactly the way they were published, and in many instances not the way they were submitted either. Let us say that the texts here represent what I would have submitted if I had had the foresight to get it just right the first time.\r\n\r\nNotwithstanding these subtle emendations, each piece is dated as of the date of publication in the paper.\r\n\r\nEnjoy!\r\n","link":"https:\/\/thebigpictureandthecloseup.com\/?cat=3","name":"The Big Picture","slug":"bigpicture","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebigpictureandthecloseup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/categories\/3","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebigpictureandthecloseup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebigpictureandthecloseup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebigpictureandthecloseup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts&categories=3"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}