The Cost of the War in Iraq (JavaScript Error)
Archives for May 2007
Conscientious Objection
If brave Olaf “whose warmest heart recoiled at war” were alive today, would he tell the “I will not kiss your fucking flag.” accompanying story of a young soldier killed, of others wounded, on a foot patrol in Iraq. Besides, the absence of a military draft and the use of an all-volunteer force for making […]
One Mo’ Time
Have we beaten this to death? I mean the here and Arts Briefly column of The New York Times, revived the issue for me — particularly his description of the plagiarism involved. Associated Press put it, “[the judge] said the ads clearly violated intellectual property laws because Galliano never asked Klein’s permission to use the […]
While We Were Out
“Prisoners of the Past” by Michael Feingold, in the Village Voice. He pinpoints the connection between the Living Theatre revival of Kenneth H. Brown’s 24-year-old play “The Brig” and the American premiere of Peter Morgan’s “Frost/Nixon.” If The Brig’s power comes from the U.S. military’s being tragically the same in 2007 as in 1963, or […]