PBS aired a documentary this evening that was loosely about contemporary conscientious objectors and the moral considerations of war. The most interesting part was the phrasing used by those building arguments, both for against, which relied on abstract, universal terms to state a position. In fact, even the military requires that those filing for CO [...]
Reports of racism at McCain/Palin rallies have sprung up a few times in this election season, and the latest appears to be from a rally in Vegas, where the Las Vegas Sun recorded some of their supporters doing their straight-talk thing on camera. Yesterday, on NPR a woman said with a quivering voice, “I’m not [...]
Anyone following news about the news over the past few years is probably used to waking up every day and reading stories about newspapers and news organizations all over the country folding, selling out, or collapsing. Well, I myself read some good news in all of this mess of news today: after years of insipid [...]
Because that’s about how I feel whenever the song comes on, in part as a surprised reaction to an image of myself in a truck in the heartland as I’m driving my corn crop to the elevator that swells up in my patriotic soul. What I really want is to mellow on this feeling for [...]