PinnedPublished inPhilosophorumFlashback Review: “BURN THIS BOOK”In 2014, here on Medium, I wrote this response to BURN THIS BOOK, a collection of essays edited by Toni Morrison in conjunction with the…Jul 26Jul 26
PinnedPublished inPhilosophorumFlashback Review: The Lives of Others — Lessons Not LearnedThat history repeats itself is a known truth borne from both philosophical reminders and from experience, for humanity has a way of…Jul 16Jul 16
PinnedPublished inPhilosophorumUpdate on The Humanitas FoundationThe Humanitas Foundation, to have been the new home of MIPJ, was to receive generous funding by a major donor to cover the next three…May 16May 16
PinnedThe Underestimated Combatant: Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN)The following has been taken from the preface of the book, ELN: A Profile of Ejército de Liberación Nacional (2021), which was just…Aug 4, 2021Aug 4, 2021
The Modern Meaning of Memorial Day — 2025Note: This was originally published in HuffPost in 2014. I have updated it for current circumstances. It is perhaps more important than…May 27May 27
From a Former Caregiver: After “The Long Goodbye”A few years after my father died, I had written an email to someone who had witnessed the love of a caregiver for his wife who had…Aug 9, 2021Aug 9, 2021
Countering Stephen Biddle’s “Fallacy of Guerilla Warfare” in His Book, Nonstate Warfare (2021)My father, who had been in Army Counter-Intelligence(CIC) during the Korean War, with an IQ his commanding officer called “off the charts,”…Aug 5, 2021Aug 5, 2021
A Neighbor Among NeighborsA New Book Commemorates 150 Years of Chicago’s Erie Neighborhood House — Serving Immigrants, Neighbors, and Championing Social JusticeOct 5, 2020Oct 5, 2020
Pandora: Challenging the Artform of the Traditional Graphic NovelAn interview with Pandora Author/Artist/Filmmaker, Pamela Theodotou on the Cinemagraphic Novel inspired by Mary Shelley and FrankensteinNov 15, 2019Nov 15, 2019