Unbecoming American: Insomnia or somnambulism
After Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and now the destruction of the Syrian Republic, full spectrum punditry, i.e. from Establishment to anti-Establishment...
Unbecoming American: The Idea of a University
What is a university?(A brief note on financial indoctrination) Under the regime Americans call “free enterprise” or the “free market”,...
Economical Explanations: Reflection on the aims of past wars and wars to come
Economical explanations Reflection on the aims of past wars and the war to come Down at my grocer’s for half...
Unbecoming American: Preventable Death
Preventable death We should be clear about one thing. Death is not preventable. In fact it is assured. Even David...
Unbecoming American: War diary- Korea again
Another war diary entry The Korean War: A History, reviewed again and again Critical cultural historical perspective is not easy...
Unbecoming American – War Diary: an appreciation of legacies
World War Diary An appreciation of legacies Actually I limit my exposure to daily media considerably. My experience as a...
Unbecoming American: Years of living deniably
Years of living deniably The summer of discontent is upon us. Whether we will find ourselves witness to direct exchange...
Unbecoming American: Judgement at Normandy
Judgement in Normandy Those who learned or vaguely remember what they were taught in school in those deliberately boring hours...
Unbecoming American: The nihilists at prayer
The Democratic-Republicans at prayer Those who may recall, if only vaguely, the early chapters of their secondary school history books,...
Unbecoming American: One strike, two strikes, and you’re out
One strike, two strikes and they are out… Meanwhile there are even respectable, Establishment scholars who appear to have overcome...