Why should anyone know or talk about Cadron, a park site in Arkansas? Because it is actually very important for understanding the infamous Trail of Tears, as well as American history more broadly. It was May 28, 1830 when the scandal-ridden outwardly racist serial liar President Jackson (who in fact owed his life to the … Continue reading Genocide Hidden in Arkansas’ Cadron Settlement on Trail of Tears
A poem by Martin Espada, recipient of the 2021 National Book Award for poetry, and as published in American War Poetry: An Anthology In the Crockett Hotel dining room, a chalk-face man in the medaled uniform growls at a prayer at the head of the veteran’s table. Throughout the map of this saint-hungry city, hands … Continue reading The Other Alamo
The basics of battle being reported from the Ukraine war are like chapters right out of history. Small groups of Ukrainian volunteers on fast and light cycles (specifically “quads”, as in four-wheeled and motorized) are using forested flanking moves to attack the large slow-moving or stopped columns on paved roads. Honchar describes these technological battles, … Continue reading Ukraine Credits Drone Swarms With Defeating Entire Columns of Russian Armor
The idea of a worse future due to AI is rooted in understanding how automation of bad things happened in the past (e.g. philosophy, politics, economics), and how that will mean even more bad things ahead. Ifeoma Ajunwa has written an amazing article giving exactly the kind of example we all should study. He points … Continue reading “In the world of Fox News, an African name alone is disqualifying.”