We’ve Got Issues: A Weekly News & Politics Column
Categories: TNGG Weekly Columns
Thumbs up for Egyptian protesters and Donald Trump, the comedian host of GOP debates. Thumbs down for pepper spray at Walmart and NATO airstrikes in Pakistan.
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is Over, Gay Troops Rejoice
Categories: Current Events
This morning at midnight, the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell went into effect.
Too Soon for ‘Combat’?
Categories: Arts & Entertainment
‘Combat Hospital’ is based on a not-so-easily-wrapped foreign engagement. What effect will screening a fictional drama about a current war have on American viewers, particularly Millennials and younger generations? Is it too soon?
North Africa: At The Mercy of Money
Categories: Current Events
Gaddafi has begun employing mercenaries from neighboring countries in Libya. But who are these soldiers of fortune?
Iraqi infatuation: Breaking up is hard to do
Categories: Current Events
I’m not sure that the time spent in Iraq accomplished much of anything. If we are still seeing hate crimes directed towards Muslims and a reversion to the racism brought on by 9/11, then what exactly have we been “fighting” for? I thought it was about peace and the end of the subjection of Iraqi people. But maybe it was one giant fuck-up in the name of patriotism.
Catharsis at Ground Zero
Categories: Current Events
Ground Zero remains a site symbolic of the conflict faced by Americans today. The site will always be a place of loss and mourning – a scar on the face of city and a permanent reminder of the destructive power of hatred. But the feelings of fear and anger that gripped the nation after the towers were destroyed will endure beyond their time, and we as a nation are having trouble overcoming this simple, irrational fear of Islam.
‘Life During Wartime’ and war in our lifetimes
Categories: Arts & Entertainment
Writer/director Solondz’s ‘Life in Wartime’ is confrontational and uber-direct when illustrating trauma and coming to terms with the truth, specifically in regards to life in post-9/11 America. Most of our “adult” lives have taken place post-9/11 and it’s harder and harder to remember what it’s like to not be on Orange Alert.
What War?
Categories: Current Events
Elena shares her story about having a mother deployed in Afghanistan.
