Monthly Archives: April 2021

Today a little break from race in the U.S., to look at equally important questions about race, if on a smaller scale, in Central America. Here is my article–a short review of two new books, one on El Salvador and … Continue reading →

Perhaps it will seem odd to discuss racism and sex on the day after Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering George Floyd. But the book by Jane Dailey mentioned last time and again below, as well as numerous other … Continue reading →

T. S. Burt, a British Army captain, is credited with bringing the temple and its carvings–above is only one of many examples of sexual acts depicted there–to western attention, after a visit in 1838. The carvings plus the surprise that … Continue reading →

A top US Special Forces commander visited the village of Khataba in eastern Afghanistan today to apologize for a night raid that went terribly wrong. It was here on Feb. 11, 2010 that a Special Forces team gunned down an Afghan police chief, a … Continue reading →