america’s-‘long-history-of-losing-innocence’-#shorts

While America has a “long history” of losing its innocence, the Sept. 11 attacks were an “authentic tragedy” that you don’t get past, historian David Blight says. “You don’t get beyond 9/11,” he told PBS News’ Judy Woodruff. “You have to sit with it. It’s authentic tragedy. Where do youContinue Reading

twenty-five-years-later,-remembering-9/11

In “Aftermath,” a 1919 retrospective poem on his war, Siegfried Sassoon asked: “Have you forgotten yet?” “Look up,” he appealed, “and swear by the green of the spring that you’ll never forget.”[1] With the approach of the 25th anniversary of 9/11, I have been reflecting on that terrible day andContinue Reading

houthis-celebrate-seizing-control-of-yemen’s-red-sea-coast

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis have been celebrating after seizing control of the Red Sea coast in a rapid offensive., NewsFeed Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis have been celebrating after seizing control of the Red Sea coast in a rapid offensive against the internationally-recognised government. In response, gov’t forces have launched strikes on HouthiContinue Reading