Other Wars
Following the news of soldiers at Walter Reed Army hospital, and today more scandal at more hospitals, brought to mind …
Category Archives: Art & Culture
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 …
Letters From Iwo Jima
I saw Letters from Iwo Jima last night. I liked it. Is it a great film? No. Is it a …
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 — …
Movie: Story of the Weeping Camel
In my new zeal to see all the movies I’ve ever missed I saw The Story of the Weeping Camel …
Film: Shut Up and Sing
A couple of us went to see Shut Up and Sing over the weekend. The short recommendation is: Go See …
Music: Mali
Last week at the Human Rights Watch dinner in Santa Barbara a band of African musicians brought together by the …