I understand why a career arc like mine might encourage friends and colleagues to ask my opinion on the Vietnam war. My ‘ah-ha’ moment was not sparked by the Vietnam series; it came about as I watched the kneeling that that is taking place in our athletic arenas, and president Trump’s response to them. No, the Vietnam War isn’t over, because the painting is not yet dry for so many Americans, and I’m not sure it will dry in my lifetime. There is no difference between the Vietnam protester and the kneeling athlete. And it took the lives of 58,000 Americans, and left hundreds of thousands more—families, friends, colleagues—broken in sorrow.

Source: Huffington Post September 24, 2017 22:52 UTC