Why our brains see the world as ‘us’ versus ‘them’
What are your in-groups and out-groups? ksenia_bravo/Shutterstock.com Leslie Henderson, Dartmouth College Anti-immigrant policies, race-related demonstrations, Title IX disputes, affirmative action...
View ArticleStop the mob, Mr. President
WASHINGTON — What hath Trump wrought? Rep. Greg Gianforte, R-Mont., last year pleaded guilty to assaulting a journalist. President Trump last week celebrated the assault. “Any guy that can do a body...
View ArticleSome Weekend Photography
Since this is turning out to be “a slow news week-end” and since our site has just come back up, it might be best not to overload it with one of my thousand-word essays. Hence, just a few images to...
View ArticleThe Gates of Texas
“The West is everything we want it to be: it is our potential for love and success, it is possibility and imagination. And the fence that defines the boundaries contains us, keeps us from getting lost...
View ArticleDonald, Pretender to a Throne::: TYPICAL TRAITS OF MENTALLY ILL KINGS
They usually wind up burning down the castle [if I cant have dominion, I will unleash scorched earth], or fleeing in the midst of a severe anxiety collapse, or being deposed, e.g., dragged out by the...
View ArticleSome Weekend Photography
A Class of 2025 cadet completes the assault course during Basic Cadet Training at the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Jacks Valley in Colorado Springs, Colo., July 13, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Trevor...
View Article(Street) Art for a Cause
I have lived in beautiful Austin, Texas, on and off for more than 30 years. While I had seen some beautiful murals in Austin (I will leave the definitions of and differentiation between “street art”...
View ArticleImages from Afghanistan. No, Not Those.
The stories and images coming out of Afghanistan are tragic, depressing. But even in the darkest moments, under he most desperate circumstances, there can be uplifting stories and images. Here are...
View ArticleA Common Military Blouse and a Typical Military Aircraft Make History
U.S Air Force photo It was just a common military OCP (Operational Camouflage Pattern) blouse hanging in a typical Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. But on that day, August 15, 2021, both would...
View ArticleThe Miserliness of Donald Trump
In a 1999 White House “note” on President Clinton’s White House photographer Sharon Farmer, one reads: Whether photographing the President as he works in the Oval Office, enjoys quiet moments with his...
View Article‘Hair Like Mine’ Thirteen Years Later
White House photo. Pete Souza We desperately need an uplifting story these days. In the days before the People’s House was turned into a nest of collusion, corruption and conspiracy, a young Black boy...
View Article‘Flags In.’ Memorial Day 2022
There are probably no more poignant and powerful Memorial Day ceremonies meant to remember and honor the patriots who have made the ultimate sacrifice to defend our freedom, our Democracy and our...
View ArticleTHE DOGS OF SMU
“Charlie” For nearly two decades, Scott Schuman has been photographing ordinary people on the street, from New York to London, to Moscow and beyond. People whose clothes and style he finds interesting...
View ArticleReview of the Week in Defense, in Images and a Few Words
With the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine; with tensions rising among and between the United States, China and Russia; with hotspots – “flashpoints” — such as Taiwan, South China...
View ArticleU.S. Military Lends a Helping Hand in the Maui Fire Tragedy
What was Lahaina (Photo by :Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Matthew A. Foster) With at least 114 people dead as of this writing and about 850 people still unaccounted for, the devastating Maui fire is...
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