Monthly Archives: August 2011

The utter confusion and tragic futility of the U.S. military occupation of Afghanistan are well documented in Bob Woodward’s 2010 book Obama’s Wars, but I happened to pick up an old copy of Mary McCarthy’s eye-opening reporting from Vietnam in 1967 for … Continue reading →

During a trip east with Devin and Susannah to visit Musikfest in Bethlehem and see their grandmother, Lu, perform there, I encountered The Low Anthem on one of the new stages on the south side of the river, beside the … Continue reading →