We Are Not Descended from Fearful Men

We Are Not Descended from Fearful Men

by | Jul 4, 2022 | Dispatches

On this day of celebrating our independence, I think it is well to remember its cost. The men who led what the Declaration calls the “united States” (note the capitalization) into rebellion pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to...
Esperanza – Hope

Esperanza – Hope

by | Feb 9, 2021 | Dispatches

“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”...
Kristallnacht

Kristallnacht

by | Jan 10, 2021 | Dispatches

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

Trump’s Gotterdammerung

by | Jan 3, 2021 | Dispatches

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 … Continue reading Our understanding of...