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Postcard from the End of America: Carlisle, PA

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"What about the early ones? What about George Washington?"

"I don't know. The book is over 600 pages and it's kind of a mess. My dad can use an editor."

"What about his other books?"

"Another is called It Can Happen Here: A Fascist Christian America, and that's 500 pages. He's also written a book called Birding and Mysticism: Enlightenment Through Bird Watching."

"Wow, your dad sounds like a fascinating guy. I'd love to hang out with him. Is he in Carlisle?"

"No, Florida."

Later, I'd try to find the man's writing online, and the only piece that turned up was a Daily Kos article, "Ukraine: Why All Options Are Not On The Table." That's the clearest part, I'm afraid, for the rest is an impenetrable thicket of diaristic jottings and stray thoughts, much of it typed in caps. Never stingy with hostile comments, readers are nearly unanimous in their ridicule of this former naval intelligence officer.

Entering Carlisle, we drove past helicopters, artillery pieces, tanks and a bunker. Constituting the Army Heritage Trail, it's on the grounds of the United States Army War College. Alongside Dickinson College, it dominates this quiet town. Here converge not just American senior officers, lieutenant colonels and up, but those from dozens of other countries. They come to learn the American ways of war.

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Linh Dinh's Postcards from the End of America has just been published by Seven Stories Press. Tracking our deteriorating socialscape, he maintains a photo blog.


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