The Soldier’s Monument, or Obelisk, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, was dedicated in 1867 to Union troops who died in that state during the Civil War and to New Mexicans who died fighting Indians, represented by two different inscriptions on the monument’s base. Since then the monument has been the subject of several disputes. In … Continue reading Removing statues can’t change history
WORDS Do you hear me?Do you care?Do you hear me?Do you care? My lips are moving and the sound’s coming outThe words are audible but I have my doubtsThat you realize what has been saidYou look at me as if you’re in a dazeIt’s like the feeling at the end of the pageWhen you realize … Continue reading What are words for when no one listens anymore?
How to deal with ISIS? The argument rages on. President Obama defends and is conducting a campaign of attrition, of slowly wearing down ISIS with limited airstrikes, limited ground troops, supplying and training allies on the ground, and diplomacy. Obviously not an all-out effort to crush the enemy. After all, they’re way over in the Middle … Continue reading How would you deal with ISIS?
So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is … fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. — Franklin D. Roosevelt The terrorists don’t need to come to our shores. Our reaction to their attacks in … Continue reading The only thing we have to fear
