Bill Lueders: Beyond Good and Evil | On Wendell Berry’s Brave New Book
A book by the celebrated author, poet, and farmer that takes on racism, the Civil War, and his life’s work.
John Lawson: Two Dreams
She is one of that generation the heroes fought
And died for, inheritors of prim suburban homes
Purchased by the drowned
Rafael Cadenas: Beloved Country
So much of you remains unopened, like music lost inside me.
Country to which I return every time I go broke.
Michael Simms: The Courage of Teachers
In 1987, students gathered in front of the admin building angry over the corruption of the university’s board. The crowd was getting ugly. I was a young teacher standing to the side, listening to the speeches, watching warily as the crowd grew. Someone shouted Take Over the Administration! and the crowd chanted Take Over! Take over! Take Over! The crowd, now a mob…
John Samuel Tieman: War Without Cost and Patriotism Without Sacrifice or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Draft
It is the logic of our times, No subject for immortal verse— That we who lived by honest dreams Defend the bad against the worse. — Cecil Day-Lewis . I … Continue reading
Richard Sahn: Thoughts on Patriotism and War
Originally posted on The Contrary Perspective:
Scene from the movie, “Platoon” Richard Sahn The other night I was watching the movie “Platoon” on television. An American soldier was killed every…
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