Restrepo — Documenting Soldiers In A War
Hand-held verisimo video has been much in the news lately, bringing, at long last a change in perception about the reality …
Category Archives: Art & Culture
1,000 Times Goodnight – a Film about Temptations (of death)
I am a great admirer of Juliet Binoche, as many movie goers are; if she’s in a film I’ll go out of …
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
Can we talk?!” Joan Rivers peppered her routines with her signature riff, aggressive and not a question at all, but …
Revenge, a Poem by Taha Muhammad Ali
For some time Taha Muhammad Ali, a Palestinian from Jerusalem, has been my go-to poet for unexpected images and rare …
The Prison of Belief
“Just because you believe it doesn’t make it true,” reads a bumper sticker I’ve recently seen. It’s not a popular …
The Canal Bridge — Irishmen in WW I
The Great War: A Photographic Narrative
Photography in this day of iPhone snaps and YouTube video is such a part of the fabric of the world …
The First Casualty – A WW I Conscientious Objector as Sleuth
Ben Elton’s 2012 mystery, The First Casualty, is a fine combination of two popular literary genres: men at war and …
America’s Wars by Charles Simic
Charles Simic, if known at all is usually known as a poet. Born in Belgrade, Serbia, then part of Yugoslavia, …
Thinking About Good-bye
It’s been a week of saying good-bye, to those I’ve admired for work done and lives lived, most of whom …
Swing Vote – For Political Junkies of all Persuasions
By pure happenstance last night a few friends spun up the DVD of Swing Vote, the 2008 send-up of political …
Oh What a Lovely War! — Irony and WW I
When Richard Attenborough’s movie, Oh What A Lovely War! appeared in October, 1969 I didn’t see it. Regardless of his …