“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.”--Martin Luther King
Friday, April 4, 2014
Essay of the Day
U.S. militarism is cultish and dangerous, not only for the world, but for our soldiers.
Our war at home makes the Crimean "problem" look like a tea party.
Terry Simons is the founder of Round Bend Press Books and Round Bend Press Detritus. He has worked as a day laborer, dishwasher, factory drone, community organizer, journalist, media consultant and freelance writer. He attended the University of Oregon and Portland State University, where he read journalism, politics, literature and history. He is the author most recently of "Third and a Mile," a fan's notes about the University of Oregon's football travails, 2010--2017.
RBP books are available from Amazon and Lulu.
Write to: roundbendpress@yahoo.com
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