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See the Unseen: Help our Vets Heal Through Art and Performance

October 15, 2019 by Thomas G. Palaima

We miss a lot that is important in life because we are busy with our day-to-day concerns. When we do have leisure time, we choose mindless activities for good reasons. It does our souls good to vacate our minds.  Right after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 traumatized our nation, our president advised us: […]

Veterans Ceremony

Consider War Stories Without Romanticizing Them

November 11, 2018 by Thomas G. Palaima

For as long as there have been wars — which in human history is forever — there have been stories about war. They stretch back to Homer’s riveting epic songs of the battlefield — the “Iliad” — and of returning home from it — the “Odyssey.” They come forward in truly sensitive films like Richard […]

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