Back from the Soulless Void

Chris Hedges and Laila al-Arian, Collateral Damage: America’s War against Iraqi Civilians  Campbell: But you have this: I remember my unit was coming along this elevated overpass. And this kid is in the trash pile below, pulls…

Seventeen Years Ago

Tomorrow Belongs to Me This is total war… If we just let our vision of the world go forth And we embrace it entirely And we don’t try to piece together clever diplomacy But just…

Just Say Thanks?

1. On last year’s Memorial Day The Cardinals played the Royals And to show their gratitude For the soldiers who died  in one war or another The players wore camouflage Instead of their regular uniforms…

A Counter Friction To Stop the Machine

The case of Bradley Manning matters. The reason is simple: He touched a nerve. Before releasing over 250,000 diplomatic cables to Wikileaks, Manning commented, “Hilary Clinton, and several thousand diplomats around the world are going…