Dispatches From Exile
At the junction of History, Philosophy, Theology, and Culture
Esperanza – Hope
"When the storm passes" (Esperanza - Hope) by Alexis Valdés Translation of Alexis Valdés poem "Esperanza" (Hope) written in Spanish in March 2020 about the humanitarian crisis brought "by the Coronavirus and the "hope" of how we will feel when the "Storm Passes"...
‘Enabling It to Happen Again’: How Charlottesville Led to the Capitol Attack
How Charlottesville Led to the Capitol Attack | "Trump's American Carnage" | FRONTLINE A scene from the FRONTLINE documentary "Trump's American Carnage" shows how the 2017 Unite the Right rally and President Trump's response foreshadowed Jan. 6...
Kristallnacht
Former California Governor, Terminator, and Conan the Barbarian offers a heartfelt and unsparing critique of the events in the Capital January 6, comparing it to Kristallnacht, which occurred in his native Austria in 1938....
Trump’s Gotterdammerung
Gotterdammerung[1]The last days of the Third Reich, taking its name from the end of Wagner's ‘Der Ring des Nibellungen.' The word means "Twilight of the Gods," and signals the end with chaos and destruction. Our understanding of historical narrative is not static....
CNN: This is the woman whose statue will replace that of Robert E. Lee in the US Capitol
This is the woman whose statue will replace that of Robert E. Lee in the US Capitol When Barbara Johns was just 16 years old, she led a walkout at her high school to protest poor and unequal school conditions. The moment is one that many historians believe helped...
The Consumer Citizen. Not.
I read an article this morning that considered a recent book The Consumer Citizen by Ethan Porter. The gist of Porter's argument is that Americans don't think like citizens but rather consumers. The difference is that citizenship implies responsibilities and...
Happy Thanksgiving! We Have a President Again
Joe Biden delivers remarks on the eve of Thanksgiving 2020. Biden Delivers Thanksgiving Address NBC News from Keith Cox on Vimeo.
Washington Post: Dolly Parton is the superhero America needs in 2020
Opinion | Dolly Parton is the superhero America needs in 2020 American audiences spent more than a decade worshiping at the big-screen altar of comic book characters. But the tumult of 2020 demanded a very different kind of superhero. You can't thump a pandemic into...
Book Excerpt: The Debilitating Effect of Fact Denial
Fact denial is the motive engine of the Trumpist movement in the United States. Many people believe Mr. Trump's incessant lying manifests a character flaw, or perhaps mental illness. Others think it represents a strategy; that Trump is playing "4-D chess." There is...
NPR News
- Complaints about spam texts were up 146% last year. Now, the FCC wants to take action
- This floppy teenage pug can tell you what kind of day you're going to have
- The National Park Service could soon have its first Native American director
- With clock ticking, Biden meets with progressives and moderates to secure his agenda
- New York City will exile Thomas Jefferson's statue from a prominent spot in city hall
References
| ↑1 | The last days of the Third Reich, taking its name from the end of Wagner's ‘Der Ring des Nibellungen.' The word means "Twilight of the Gods," and signals the end with chaos and destruction. |
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