Resisters/Veterans

It’s not going to be easy to hear what we have to say. It’s not going to be easy for us to tell it. But we believe that the only way this war is going…

Iraq: Remembrance & Responsibility

My friend Laura Weis shared this  quotation with me, and I want to share it with you. We all need to reflect on one fact that has been almost completely expunged from the U.S. consciousness:…

American Values/4

April 6 marks another anniversary in the U.S. selective remembrance of the Vietnam War: 35 years ago, at the last minute, the U.S. initiated Operation Babylift, out of Saigon. According to a story today in…

The Unmaking of a Marine

Friends, Join us for this discussion on Tuesday 23 March at CTSA, 1077 South Newstead in Forest Park Southeast. Mark From my friend Andrew Wimmer…. Dear Friends, I’m writing to invite you to a gathering…

Vietnam’s Wars

Review of Mark Philip Bradley, Vietnam At War (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009). 1. In our history books we refer to “the Vietnam War,” which fixated American attention for a decade, if not more….

Questions for Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel—Holocaust survivor, author of Night, 1986 Nobel Peace laureate, adviser to American presidents, acclaimed humanitarian—is speaking at Saint Louis University on Tuesday 1 December 2009 at 7:00 p.m.. What follows are some questions students and…