White Privilege and the Privilege “to be American”- (Ser Americano)
For many years now the American academy has been besieged with the theme of "white privilege," which holds to the notion that being born white carries its own guilt based on a sense of superiority which even the most...
Recalling the lost “Modern” Girls of Politics in New York
In 2011 I posted a really delightful piece...since I didn't really write it, largely a cut-and-paste job...called "Meet the Girls of New York; the Original Grand Dames of New York were Republicans" and mostly...
How Veterans can Redirect much of America’s Public Education
...and a new Education Model in America can provide both employment and justification for veterans service.
For a few years I managed a veterans website called "VeteransTales". It was constructed by my author-friend and colleague,...
Reprisals and the Killing of Civilians in War
"In Belgium there are many towns whose cemeteries today have rows and rows of memorial stones inscribed with a name, the date 1914, and the legend, repeated over and over: "Fusille par les Allemandes"...
Send Me, Isaiah 6, from Fury
Requires no commentary, 5 tankers in World War II, behind German, their tank unable to move, and a battalion of German troops headed for them.
https://youtu.be/FU90LtWrmvk
The Russian-Ukrainian Village, Evening Bells
In the 1960s I earned a minor in Russian Studies at university which interestingly enough, provided me with a lot of background to what I would observe when I visited Ukraine and central Russia in 1991 and 1992, when the USSR was finally cashing...