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In His Book “American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity,” Author Christian Appy Looks at the Myth of American Exceptionalism
By Elaine Magliaro Over at Salon, there’s an excerpt from Christian G. Appy’s new book American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity, which was published by Viking in February. Appy is a professor of history at the University … Continue reading
Farewell, Ankh-Morpork: Author Terry Pratchett, Dead at 66
by Gene Howington Still reeling from the loss of Leonard Nimoy, the science fiction and fantasy community suffered another great loss today with the death of acclaimed fantasy author and humorist Terry Pratchett. For those of you not familiar with … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Memorial, United Kingdom
Tagged science fiction and fantasy, Terry Pratchett
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POETRY FRIDAY: “Warning” by Jenny Joseph (Video)
By Elaine Magliaro I often enjoy reading poems that have touches of humor in them. I found one such poem in an anthology that I bought over twenty years ago. The anthology, When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple, gets … Continue reading
“To My Dear and Loving Husband”: A Love Poem by Anne Bradstreet
By Elaine Magliaro Because it’s Valentine’s Day, I decided to post a love poem. The following poem by Anne Bradstreet was written in the 1600s. According to the Poetry Foundation, Bradstreet “was the first woman to be recognized as an accomplished … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Countries, Literature, Poetry, United States
Tagged Anne Bradstreet, England, Massachusetts
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“Reverse: A Lynching”–A Poem by Ansel Elkins
By Elaine Magliaro After reading the summary of the Equal Justice Initiative’s report LYNCHING IN AMERICA: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror, I went looking for a poem on the subject of lynchings in this country. I came upon Reverse: … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Crime, Equal Rights, Justice, Literature, Poetry, Racism, Society, United States
Tagged Lynchings in America
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Buried in Snow! Two Winter Poems for Children
By Elaine Magliaro We’ve been snowed under here in my area of Massachusetts. In the past couple of weeks, we have gotten around five feet of snow. Meteorologists are predicting another storm on Thursday. I’m sure this will be one … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Literature, Poetry, United States
Tagged Children's Poetry, Snow, Snow Poems, Winter Weather
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Harper Lee to Publish Her Second Book This Summer
By Elaine Magliaro Hillel Italie of the Associated Press reported today that Harper Lee, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of To Kill a Mockingbird, will publish her second book later this year. Her publisher announced today that Go Set a Watchman, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Literature
Tagged Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee, Novels, To Kill a Mockingbird
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Is It Time To Make Fundamentalism A Crime? Part 4
By Mark Esposito The following is the fourth installment in a multi-part series exploring religious fundamentalism and the means of checking its excesses. You can read the first part here and the second part here and the third part here. There are 1.5 to 2.0 billion Muslims … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Art, Atheism, Big Oil, Christianity, Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Corruption, Countries, Courts, Crime, Criminal Law, Democracy, Education, Energy Policy, Enlightenment, Equal Rights, Fascism, France, Free Speech, Fundamentalism, Government, Heroism, History, Hypocrisy, Jurisprudence, Justice, Law Enforcement, Legal Theory, Liberals, Literature, Murder, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Political Science, Politics, Prison, Propaganda, Psychology, Racism, Religion, Renaissance, Roman Catholic Church, Society, Theism, United States, War, War on "Terror", World History
Tagged Bastille, Candide, Catholic Church, Charlie Hebdo, Egypt, France, Fundamentalism, Iraq, Islam, Marie Antoinette, Muslims, Syria, Terrorism, Voltaire, Wahhabi
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Is It Time To Make Fundamentalism A Crime? Part 3
By Mark Esposito The following is the third installment in a multi-part series exploring religious fundamentalism and the means of checking its excesses. You can read the first part here and the second part here. The discovery of oil in Saudi Arabia in 1939 … Continue reading
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Tagged Bastille, Candide, Catholic Church, Charlie Hebdo, Egypt, France, Fundamentalism, Iraq, Islam, Marie Antoinette, Muslims, Syria, Terrorism, Voltaire, Wahhabi
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Is It Time To Make Fundamentalism A Crime? Part 2
By Mark Esposito The following is the second installment in a multi-part series exploring religious fundamentalism and the means of checking its excesses. You can read the first part here. The clash between fundamentalism and modernity was an inevitable historical … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Art, Atheism, Big Oil, Christianity, Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Corruption, Countries, Courts, Crime, Criminal Law, Democracy, Education, Enlightenment, Equal Rights, Fascism, France, Free Speech, Fundamentalism, Government, Heroism, History, Hypocrisy, Jurisprudence, Justice, Law Enforcement, Legal Theory, Liberals, Literature, Murder, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Political Science, Politics, Prison, Propaganda, Psychology, Racism, Religion, Renaissance, Roman Catholic Church, Society, Theism, United States, War, War on "Terror", World History
Tagged Bastille, Candide, Catholic Church, Charlie Hebdo, Egypt, France, Fundamentalism, Iraq, Islam, Marie Antoinette, Muslims, Syria, Terrorism, Voltaire, Wahhabi
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