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...
Unbecoming American: Bombs of August
Bombs of August The idea that the Anglo-American Empire wages war by mistake is not new. Nor are the kinds...
In hoc signo vinces
The Son of God Goes Forth to War In 1812, need I say more, Reginald Heber composed the hymn of...