Other Wars
Following the news of soldiers at Walter Reed Army hospital, and today more scandal at more hospitals, brought to mind …
Category Archives: Books
Books on TV
C-Span2 turns itself on weekends into 48 hours of book talk — a whole lotta books, and too many you’ll …
It Can Happen Here
Joe Conason has a new book, and has been around the circuits talking about it. And talked about, over at …
Into the Caravan
By Will Kirkland, 1980 Passing them –our car, their cart– it seemed as if the hind legs of the horse …
Officer Against the War
” A Soldier’s Declaration I am making this statement as an act of willful defiance of military authority, because I …
Revenge: A Poem
By Taha Muhammad Ali Revenge At times … I wish I could meet in a duel the man who killed …
March Against the War
January 27th is promising to be a big day in D.C. Here is a contingent I would join. Dear Friends: …
Galapagos Islands
Every day in the Galapagos Islands is like a day in a glass bottomed boat through which we peer — …
Frank Rich On Stage
We went to hear Frank Rich speak in San Francisco on election eve. He’s on a book tour for his …
Taha Muhammad Ali: A Poem
A friend of mine, John Huyler, has made it a practice over the years to read a poem every night …
Sunday Evening Moving On
It’s Sunday afternoon. Outside the hummingbirds are making last dashes at the feeders swung off the balcony rail. Once in …
Books In the News
Scott Ritter has a new book out: Target Iran: The Truth about the White House’s Plans for Regime Change. You …