Posts by drwilkinson

Unbecoming American: Bombs of August

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

In hoc signo vinces

The Son of God Goes Forth to War In 1812, need I say more, Reginald Heber composed the hymn of...

Unbecoming American: Hell in a very small place

Unbecoming American: Hell in a very small place

Hell: the creditor of last resort Note: While I was writing this I thought about many things I experienced and...

Victory days: Military without militarism?

Victory days: Military without militarism?

Military without militarism I could not have been a pacifist, if by that one means waiver of the use of...

Unbecoming American: Risky business

Unbecoming American: Risky business

Risk and fraudulent mutuality Thirty years ago, having just successfully completed a international congress on environmental consciousness and mass media...

Empathy or Anthropomorphism

Empathy or Anthropomorphism

Empathy and anthropomorphism Words don’t mean anything, people do. Much of the conflict we experience, observe or imagine arises from...

Unbecoming American: Don’t get me started

Unbecoming American: Don’t get me started

Where must we start? Every day, we start today A disagreement or a criticism, before it turns into a fight,...

Returning to the 11th century: Before you leave, turn out the lights

Returning to the 11th century: Before you leave, turn out the lights

Technology fetishism and dogmatic irresponsibility Without the use of digital devices, instead mainly that analog apparatus known as the pen,...

Unbecoming American: The Fourth Dimension

Unbecoming American: The Fourth Dimension

Stories, Histories, Fantasies and Desire Essentially there are three standard scripts for the history of the United States of America....

“25 de Abril, sempre”

“25 de Abril, sempre”

Coming soon: Unbecoming American, A War Memoir, available at amazon.com Fifty years ago the Portuguese became the first and only...