Margaret Grade, 1951-2024

Rest in peace, good witch.

Olema, West Marin, January 2019

March 2018

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Let us now imagine a $100 million movie about Midori Naka

What is left to say about Hiroshima on this anniversary? Much, of course. So far we have mostly covered the window dressing that came with victory and has lasted for three generations after the blood stopped flowing. It took 50 years for revisionist historians to enter the mainstream with evidence that there was no […]

#NoBarbenheimer

B-21 Raider: Coming to a Super Bowl Near You

Flying Blind

“B-21 is being acquired through nontraditional means, using the Air Force’s Rapid Capability Office instead of a standard dedicated program office, as is more typical. Although this approach may improve the speed and ease of the acquisition, Congress has relatively little experience overseeing rapid acquisitions processes. At $3 billion a year, this […]

Paraders Out of the Past, 1992

“No One Noticed—Paraders Out of the Past” in The Nation, April 6, 1992

The Other Donald, 1932-2021

from ”The Passion of the Rumsfeld” in Harper’s Magazine, May 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leif Parsons

Blue Sky Metropolis

Hiroshima, Again

This essay originally appeared in HuffPost on August 6, 2013. I bring it back today to mark the 75th anniversary.

What is left to say about Hiroshima on this anniversary? Much, of course. So far we have mostly covered the window dressing that came with victory and has lasted for three generations after […]

For All Mankind

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dora-Mittelbau, April 1945

 

 

 

in memory of Yves Béon, 1925-2011, and Guido Zembsch-Schreve, 1916-2003