Note: This essay was written by my mom, Teri Wills Allison, more than twenty years ago (twenty-one, to be exact) while I was a young infantry squad leader serving in Iraq. It was originally published at TomDispatch and later reprinted in The Nation and other outlets. I’m sharing it here again because her words still cut straight to the truth… Continue reading

First published at TCS Alexander Gerst has been observing the violence in Gaza from a distance—a distance of 205 miles. The German astronaut, currently aboard the International Space Station, sent out a tweet yesterday describing what he called “my saddest photo yet.” How strange and depressing it is that a human who has traveled to… Continue reading