Mistake
Liberal filmmaker Michael Moore infuriated some Vietnam veterans with his early May tweet that the U.S. should have national holiday on the date of the fall of Saigon, which should lead to “a commitment to…
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Mistake
Liberal filmmaker Michael Moore infuriated some Vietnam veterans with his early May tweet that the U.S. should have national holiday on the date of the fall of Saigon, which should lead to “a commitment to…
Call Me by My True Names
35 years ago today, I participated in the mass demonstration in New York City against nuclear arms. While there, I heard Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh read aloud this English translation of one of…
Ninety Years Alive on Earth
On Thich Nhat Hanh, At Home in the World: Stories and Essential Teachings from a Monk’s Life. Berkeley, CA: Parallax Press, 2016. Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh is a survivor. Narrowly missing death in…
The Good News of Public Libraries, 3.16.2017
This afternoon I walked eight blocks north to the Central West End’s Schlafly Library where I picked up three books by Bernard B. Fall, whom Noam Chomsky once described as “the most respected analyst and…
Bella Levenshteyn Engages with Her Critics/1
“Why are you people here? Why are you making this fuss?” “Sir, people are suffering, that’s why.” “But people are suffering right here, too I’ve got buddies who were sprayed Why don’t you think of…
American Fangs
Dear Carla Twice I read Last Night I Dreamed of Peace: The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram Because of your enthusiastic recommendation I was captivated I was crestfallen Thuy’s diary revealed her commitment Comparable to that…
American Fangs
Dear Carla Twice I read Last Night I Dreamed of Peace: The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram Because of your enthusiastic recommendation I was captivated I was crestfallen Thuy’s diary revealed her commitment Comparable to that…
Something’s Happening to Madeleine Weil
After hearing Cal speak Of his trips to Friendship Villages Madeline Weil started missing classes She’d rather read in the library Than go to Business Law classes She’d study the photos of the children She…
Something’s Happening to Madeleine Weil
After hearing Cal speak Of his trips to Friendship Villages Madeline Weil started missing classes She’d rather read in the library Than go to Business Law classes She’d study the photos of the children She…