Spain: Twenty Years After

The civil war in Spain ended twenty years ago. That’s what people say. Practical and realistic men view war as a sport. When a public game is over the people cheer the winner. Those present in the stadium go home. Those listening to the broadcast turn off the radio. And those reading the newspaper reports turn the page.

And they all go off for a good sound sleep.

But this was something more than a sporting match. It was a people defending its freedoms. In that defense citi...