There's No There There

This is Murray Polner's blog. Polner, who writes book reviews for HNN, is the author of “No Victory Parades: The Return of the Vietnam Veteran” and “When Can We Come Home? A Debate on Amnesty for Exiles, Anti-War Prisoners and Others.”

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• Nov 2, 2014
  

  Sodliers, Vets & the Rest of Us

  by There's No There There

  Who will take care of our past, present and future war veterans and who will even care?
  
  

• Nov 1, 2014
  

  Left and Right Against War

  by There's No There There

  The opposition to our historic addiction to war has never been one-sided
  
  

• Oct 31, 2014
  

  Rembering the Dead

  by There's No There There

  Memories of men and boys who died in America's wars
  
  

• Oct 31, 2014
  

  A Real, Genuine, Memorable, Worthy American Cold War Hero

  by There's No There There

  When the crazed American  post-WWII hunt for "subversives"  failed to defeat a legless army veteran
  
  

• Oct 31, 2014
  

  Daily Life in Our Frightened National Security State

  by There's No There There

  Sentenced to prison for opposing America's love affair with nuclear weapons.
  
  

• Oct 23, 2014
  

  Same Old, Same Old

  by There's No There There

  How and why it's so very hard for American foreign policy to change.
  
  

• Sep 29, 2014
  

  Silent Rabbis

  by There's No There There

  "A Rabbi should be where the real issues are, not where the safe platitudes are.:
  
  

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  Sep 18, 2014
  

  Washington's War Fever

  by There's No There There

  Will Obama be able to keep his promise not to send American ground troops to fight ISIS?
  
  

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  Sep 10, 2014
  

  Like it or not we now have an Obama Doctrine

  by There's No There There

  Who came down from the mountain and said the U.S. must police the globe?
  
  

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  Sep 3, 2014
  

  The Ukrainian Mess: Where Are The Skeptics?

  by There's No There There

  Both Ukraine and Russia have legitimate grievances. Does this mean, that American hawks' account of recent event should not be challenged?