Category: war
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All throughout the German language course Saturday morning I kept thinking that the grammar my teacher was going over was too easy for me and that I should transfer to… more ›
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All throughout the German language course Saturday morning I kept thinking that the grammar my teacher was going over was too easy for me and that I should transfer to… more ›
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This Independence Day it’s important for us Americans to finally get it through our thick heads that there is a fundamental, essential difference between nationalism and patriotism. And that neither… more ›
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This Independence Day it’s important for us Americans to finally get it through our thick heads that there is a fundamental, essential difference between nationalism and patriotism. And that neither… more ›
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The dead will always outnumber the living. One of my favorite works at the Art Institute was Chagall’s 1938 White Crucifixion. In it Chagall chooses to depict the crucifixion of… more ›
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The dead will always outnumber the living. One of my favorite works at the Art Institute was Chagall’s 1938 White Crucifixion. In it Chagall chooses to depict the crucifixion of… more ›
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Well, it’s already May 2nd and the Pope hasn’t died yet. There’s an article in the Dallas Morning News regarding new research among baboons: once the aggressive males were killed… more ›
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Lyrics from a lost song by Frankie Noir: “I’ve had this shark attached to my ankle for such a very long time / Ever since I went swimming in the… more ›
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Here’s something I started writing several weeks ago. It was going to be a little self-reflection entry (as if none of the others are!), but life somehow got in the… more ›
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Yesterday I had a wonderful time with my sensei. He talks nostalgically about the American occupation after WWII, eagerly speaks in English about any topic and still remains physically active… more ›