Wars define America. They reflect longstanding policy. They’re permanent. They’ve been waged every year in the nation’s history. They target enemies at home and abroad. When none exist, they’re invented. Peace is a non-starter. It’s always been that way. It never had a chance. It doesn’t now. It’s systematically spurned. America’s culture reflects belligerence. It’s […]
Wars define America. They reflect longstanding policy. They’re permanent. They’ve been waged every year in the nation’s history. They target enemies at home and abroad. When none exist, they’re invented. Peace is a non-starter. It’s always been that way. It never had a chance. It doesn’t now. It’s systematically spurned. America’s culture reflects belligerence. It’s […]
This undated file photo provided by the Colorado Department of Corrections shows paroled inmate Evan Spencer Ebel. A clerical error allowed Ebel, suspected of killing Coloradoís prisons chief, to be released from custody about four years early. Ebel was killed in a shootout with Texas authorities on March 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Colorado Department of Corrections, […]
This undated file photo provided by the Colorado Department of Corrections shows paroled inmate Evan Spencer Ebel. A clerical error allowed Ebel, suspected of killing Coloradoís prisons chief, to be released from custody about four years early. Ebel was killed in a shootout with Texas authorities on March 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Colorado Department of Corrections, […]
Vice presidential hopeful Dick Cheney talks with daughter, Elizabeth, after arriving at the convention center on the first day of the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia on Monday, July 31, 2000. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) A column last week by Liz Cheney in the Wall Street Journal (“Republicans, Get Over the 2012 Loss – and Start […]
Vice presidential hopeful Dick Cheney talks with daughter, Elizabeth, after arriving at the convention center on the first day of the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia on Monday, July 31, 2000. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) A column last week by Liz Cheney in the Wall Street Journal (“Republicans, Get Over the 2012 Loss – and Start […]
A sole, the only remaining part of a shoe, that lays where it was left by its wearer, most likely killed when fleeing men in U.S. fighter planes along the Highway of Death. (Photo/Christian Briggs via Flickr) Youth is the first victim of war; the first fruit of peace. It takes twenty years of peace […]
A sole, the only remaining part of a shoe, that lays where it was left by its wearer, most likely killed when fleeing men in U.S. fighter planes along the Highway of Death. (Photo/Christian Briggs via Flickr) Youth is the first victim of war; the first fruit of peace. It takes twenty years of peace […]
In this Monday March 18, 2013 file image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows free Syrian Army fighters fire at Syrian army soldiers during a fierce firefight in Daraa al-Balad, Syria. Syrian rebels captured a military base in the […]
In this Monday March 18, 2013 file image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows free Syrian Army fighters fire at Syrian army soldiers during a fierce firefight in Daraa al-Balad, Syria. Syrian rebels captured a military base in the […]
In this Monday, March 18, 2013 photograph, Palestinian Nabila Qishta, 52, prepares bread in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, using flour donated by the U.N. Gaza cuisine is Mediterranean-based, relying on olive oil, fresh vegetables, herbs and grains. “The Gaza Kitchen” is being praised by celebrity chefs like Anthony Bourdain for showcasing a […]
In this Monday, March 18, 2013 photograph, Palestinian Nabila Qishta, 52, prepares bread in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, using flour donated by the U.N. Gaza cuisine is Mediterranean-based, relying on olive oil, fresh vegetables, herbs and grains. “The Gaza Kitchen” is being praised by celebrity chefs like Anthony Bourdain for showcasing a […]
Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, June 16, 2011.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) The political fates of two very different items high on the liberal-progressive agenda this past week illustrate both the inherent limit of legislative action and the power of motivated and organized social movements backed by a powerful cultural narrative. The issues? Gays and guns: two hot-button wedge […]
Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, June 16, 2011.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) The political fates of two very different items high on the liberal-progressive agenda this past week illustrate both the inherent limit of legislative action and the power of motivated and organized social movements backed by a powerful cultural narrative. The issues? Gays and guns: two hot-button wedge […]
