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What is the truth about the war? About any war?

Posted on November 5, 2023 by Naomi

My heart bleeds; my head stays calm. That’s the best I can do with reports from this war when the news media is spilling over with information. I react with horror — impartial horror — and then I wonder what … Continue reading →

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The essence of war

Posted on October 16, 2021 by Naomi

From “War With A Human Face: Have rules to curb the cruelty of military force backfired?”, by Dexter Filkins, in the September 13, 2021 New Yorker: Killing is what armies do, and, in the usual course of things, the more … Continue reading →

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