“'American Sniper' is a film that erases history, spectacularizes viole...” — Henry Giroux Quote

“'American Sniper' is a film that erases history, spectacularizes violence, and reduces war and its aftermath to cheap entertainment, with an underexplained referent to the mental problems many vets live with when they return home from the war.”

“What has become clear to many Americans is that the electoral system is bankrupt. As the political process becomes more privatized, outsourced, and overrun with money from corporations and billionaires, a wounded republic is on its death bed, gasping for life.”

“To a degree, the West is reaping what it sowed from a major strategic blunder in the aftermath of 9/11 - the entire concept of a war on technique, that is, terrorism. Defining the enemy when fighting a concept was impossible.”

“Having a baby takes so much from you. It's the most glorious thing you'll ever do, but the aftermath is not so glorious!”

“After you have been incarcerated for so long, whatever story is told in the aftermath is beautiful.”