by Mark Stoneman | Nov 3, 2019 | Nonfiction
I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.—General Robert E. Lee The day ambled on until it became night. The sun went down, but its heat remained, and we continued to swelter in the dark as we guarded the entrance to the small Iraqi village....
by Peter Balakian | May 9, 2019 | Nonfiction
I teach at a very good liberal arts college in the Northeast, and perhaps it’s one reason why I’ve been having conversations in the past few years with people I know and don’t know, in passing or in close conversation, in which I hear anger, disappointment, or...
by Peter Balakian | Mar 21, 2016 | Nonfiction
The Situation Room (ink and acrylic on paper 36”x 36”)Mary Behrens When I first picked up President Obama’s memoir, Dreams From My Father, in 2008 when the President was on the campaign trail, I was prepared to find a memoir like those of many public...
by Alex Vernon | Aug 11, 2015 | Nonfiction
On the 26th of May, in this fortieth anniversary year of the end of the war, I had the privilege of attending a rather singular art opening at the Vinh Moc tunnel complex in the Vinh Linh district of Quang Tri province, the district on the northern side of the 17th...
by Woody Lewis | Nov 2, 2014 | Nonfiction
In January 2011, John Chambers, CEO of Cisco Systems, addressed a group of Asian visitors to CES, the consumer electronics show held each year in Las Vegas. Seated among priceless works of art in a penthouse suite at the Venetian Hotel, Chambers made small talk to...
