Deanne Stillman

When the men approached, the black foal might have been nursing. Or she might have been on her side, giving her wobbly legs a rest, leaning into her mother under the starry desert sky. The band of wild horses had only recently returned to this patch of scrub; the land...

Should someone be thrown out of the army if their business card identifies the bearer as an "SOA" (soldier of Allah)?

Probably not, but that, along with a number of other warning signs should have indicated that Major Malik Hasan's reported request to leave the army should have been granted...

When Barack Obama was running for President, he made a point of bringing Native Americans into his fold, understanding that they are America's first citizens. They responded accordingly and joined the hopeful parade. At the inaugural parties, one tribe presented Michelle Obama with a hand-woven shawl, bedecked with running horses...

In 1887, a troupe of horses crossed the Atlantic, sailing out of New York harbor as excited crowds looked on and a cowboy band played "The Girl I Left Behind Me," a tune that some of the horses, perhaps cavalry veterans, may have recognized. But this time, they were not...

When the men approached, the black foal might have been nursing. Or she might have been on her side, giving her wobbly legs a rest, leaning into her mother under the starry desert sky. At the sound of the vehicle, the band prepared to move and did move at once,...

As if the situation were not disturbing enough, wild horses are once again heading for the gallows. Thanks to a report just issued by the GAO, the Bureau of Land Management - tasked with overseeing the country's mustang populations - should implement euthanasia as a tool in handling wild...

According to the Wall Street Journal, women can't wait to get their hands on the Kawasaki frames that Sarah Palin favors. Evidently, these versatile and stylish eyeglasses are a must-have for the modern gal on the go. Yes, whether she's blowing the head off a moose, whacking wolves from the...

"Sarah Palin killed," Peggy Noonan writes in today's http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122059352189503479.html?mod=djemEditorialPage#. "And more than killed." Of course she's referring to her jokes - and all the other lines she delivered so well. Then she goes on to suggest that Palin is "normal," as compared to Hillary Clinton, who, among other...

"Fellow citizens," George Bush said last night, "if the Hanoi Hilton could not break John McCain's resolve to do what is best for his country, you can be sure the angry left never will." Well, the so-called angry left won't have to because the angry right already did it.

According...

The Marine Corps prides itself on many things, including the stirring credo that it never leaves a body on the field. Certainly this has often been true; in the long, illustrious history of the corps, there is many a tale about men returning to the kill zone to retrieve their...

Following the news that President Bush is fast-tracking the death penalty comes an equally disturbing announcement. Now, he's greasing the gallows for wild animals, by way of a new Presidential executive order that "facilitates hunting heritage and wildlife conservation opportunities." Section 2, point C spells out the grim program:...

Today is the 132nd anniversary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Lakota descendants of the warriors who routed Custer describe them as "the original homeland security." Among the 6000 books written about the battle, few have to do with Native American accounts of the conflagration that changed the country's...

Today, on Martin Luther King day, as we recall his dream, we should also take a moment to honor Alice Coltrane, who passed away on Friday. Alice Coltrane was a be bop angel - she played jazz harp. Have you ever heard "Journey in Satchidananda"? If not, listen to...

The time has come to speak of the animals in attendance at the nativity, especially the burro, the stubborn, steadfast, and hardy little four-legged who has served us well through the ages, with barely a tip of the hat in the annals. It was a burro that carried Mary...

Populations of living things all over the world are collapsing fast. Humans too in some countries, but not quickly enough to prevent the obliteration of everything that lives in the sea. According to a new study, by the year 2048, all species of ocean life, including fish, birds, plants,...

The women of Iraq are under siege, raked with bullets for going to work, beaten for not wearing socks, kidnapped and not rescued if those who take them don't ask for ransom because it's assumed they've been raped and therefore deserve to be killed. Generally I steer clear of the...

Darling you gotta let me know
Should I stay or should I go?
If you say that you are mine
I'll be here 'til the end of time
So you got to let me know
Should I stay or should I go?

It's always tease...

Last week, George Bush screened Broken Trail at the White House, along with its star, Robert Duvall. It was a fantastic movie directed by Walter Hill, about two cowboys driving 500 wild horses from Oregon to Wyoming, doing the right thing by way of women, Native Americans, and immigrants along...

I've wondered for months why the major phone carriers keep lowering their rates. Why did AT&T just mount a full-court press for new customers, offering what amounts to nearly free service? Hold your powder, econ trolls -- I get the market forces argument. But now comes news that Verizon, Pac...

People keep comparing George Bush to Richard Nixon. In one respect, nothing could be further from the truth. In 2005, President Bush signed legislation that will destroy our greatest icon - the wild horse. In 1971, President Nixon signed legislation protecting it. This was the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros...