Fascist. Totalitarian. Authoritarian. These words continue to appear more frequently in American and international media, amplified by the looming US 2020 election. As with many socio-political terms, such as “Left”, “Right”, “Far-Left”, “Far-Right”, “Moderate”, “Centrist”,
The origin story is as follows: a fairy and a dragon fall in love, they fuck.Then they separate, each taking half of the eggs that would hatchinto the Vietnamese people, for the princess longed for
The name “Ku Klux Klan” apparently derived from the Greek word “Kyklos,” from which comes the English word “circle.” Klan was added for the sake of alliteration. Founded after the Civil War, the KKK spearheaded resistance to
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
I’ve forgotten his name, but in the photo his boot is resting on the skirt of a tank as he holds up a stubby pencil in one hand and a Galil rifle in the other.
In the attic of this hundred year-old housethe gable window stares dry-eyed into the sun. Years ago, careless and in a hurry to finish at the topof a tall ladder, I painted it shut from
As a Marine, I grew to appreciate contour lines—those brown lines and spaces on a topographical map–at The Basic School, in Quantico where I struggled to find marked ammo-cans attached to stakes jutting out of
Iraq war protestors. Feb. 15, 2003 JFK Federal Building, Boston, March 2003 After days of drums, chanting, and frightened planningwe sit, quiet, on a scab of concrete,blocking the spinning doors of war.My animal eyes fix
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
The Warrior Low Dog by Red Dog, Oglala Lakota, ca 1884, Wikipedia As the United States expanded west during the nineteenth century, many Plains Indian painters were introduced to the high-quality paper used by bookkeepers
Friend! This year the olives will be late, it has been cool. Cool? I’ve never sweltered like this. No. This is what cool means. We pick by hand, putting in ventilated boxes in the
I wake to dark sky and heavy rain equal in an hour to 30 inches of snow. The emergency signal blares on the radio.Flash floods.People strandedon roofs of cars.Stay off the roads!
