This Emotional Life: My Life As A POW
During the Vietnam War I was imprisoned for eight years, three of which were spent in solitary confinement. I am often asked how I was able not only to survive, but go on to resume a normal life.
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Greece and the Global Sixties
It's important to write Greece into the history of the Sixties, and all the countries of the global South who have been neglected due to the media's preference to obsess over music, marijuana, long hair, lost bras, and the end of innocence.
The Reality of PTSD
After winning his third Silver Star, my friend Burt disintegrated. War and destruction had taken the innards out of the man. Are these "childish evasions"?
Disabled Veteran Homeless In Detroit: Meet Leon
Leon is a Vietnam veteran who has been homeless for six years. After serving "the greatest country in the world," he is lost somewhere in the pile of Veteran's Administration disability claims.
Obama's Nobel Lecture: Speaking Truth From Power?
Obama's Nobel lecture might have showed us that the US has reached a turning point: either the national security monster we've created is going to eat us alive by bankrupting the country or we're going to have to shift course.
Only in America: Ambassador Sichan Siv - From the Killing Fields to the White House
I first met Ambassador Sichan Siv in 2004. He spoke on surviving Pol Pot's Killing Fields in Cambodia - and coming to America. He ended up working in the White House and then the United Nations.
Thailand: Identity Crisis?
This week marks the 82nd birthday of Thailand's king, who is loved and revered highly by many Thais. The question is: will Thailand be an anchor in Southeast Asia or a hot spot of insecurity?
Obama's Unavoidable Cure for the Afghanistan Cancer
Are we willing to allow eight years of mistakes and mismanagement to go unmitigated, or do we risk more lives trying to at least clean up some of the mess before we bug out?
Who'll Be 'The Last Soldier To Die for a Mistake' in Afghanistan?
Who was the last soldier to die for the Vietnam mistake? And what can we learn from that example?
Afghanistan, "So It Goes"
As with Vietnam, the problem in Afghanistan is political, not military. The United States can stay there forever if we want to -- but is it worth it?
The Struggle of Hope vs. Fear Continues
We ought to demand more from Obama than the tired trope that we can only achieve peace by waging war. This means we need to challenge ourselves.
A Letter to Barack Obama
Dear Mr. President: You and many of your constituents shave been praising each other on this Thanksgiving, holiday season, so why not one more? ...
No JFK Moment For Obama On Afghanistan
There's the depth of American military involvement, commitment, and the entrenched thinking that Afghanistan is the front line in the war on terrorism. Obama shares this thinking with the generals.
Civil society, meet global vaccinations
A recent posting on this blog remarked on the need for greater civil society involvement and for them to use their voice to make demands. So it&...
This Is The World We Live In: A New Chapter
For the next 6-9 months, I will be traveling around the world capturing stories of leadership and heroism, learning about communities in need, and connecting them with the support of those looking to give it.
Part Exposé, Part Cover-Up: 1968's My Lai Massacre Photos Have Big Lessons For Citizen Journalists
Citizen journalists must not give in to the urge to un-take a photo, to click delete and banish the evidence for the parts of a story that shame them, their cause, their friends, their country, their species.
Talk to the Taliban
After years of propping up corrupt and ineffective governments in South Vietnam, the U.S. finally decided to enter into peace talks with the North Vietnamese. The same should happen with the Taliban in Afghanistan.
A Critically Endangered Mammal You've Never Heard of: the Saola
Discovered only in 1992 by wildlife biologists, saolas are antelope-like bovine creatures who live in the forests on the border of Laos and Vietnam. ...
A War Tax: A Strategic, Fiscal and Political Imperative
Without a draft, and without a war tax, 99.9% of Americans do not have to sacrifice at all to continue the war. It is too easy for war to become, for 99.9% of us, more like a video game played out on television.
Our National Journey? Get Out A Map
While media attention in Iraq and Afghanistan focuses on car bombings and combat casualties, other disturbing events in the region are slipping through the news cycle almost unnoticed.
Keeping Afghanistan Safe from Democracy
The most idiotic thing being said about America's involvement in Afghanistan is that the best way to protect the 68,000 U.S. troops there now is by putting an additional 40,000 in harm's way.
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