Month: May 2006

I am beyond frustrated to read the New York Times account of what some of our Marines did in Haditha. Summarily executing women, an old man in a wheelchair, and young children is not what we sent our troops to do. I am hopeful...

Memorial Day, 2006 Reporter: Mr. Harrison, with all that’s going on in the world today, why did you decide to focus on this (Bangladesh)?” George Harrison: “Because a friend asked me to help.” from a...

Cross posted at My Left Wing, Daily Kos and Patriot Daily The cruel and indiscriminate killings of Iraqis is not limited to Haditha. There are also massacre claims for killings at the Abu Sifa area of Ishaqi and a mosque in...

   My grandfather was in WWI.  He planned to join the army after graduating from Butler (in Indianapolis), but at the last moment, as he told his fraternity brother in great sorrow, he was told he couldn’t...

After a year that saw 914 more U.S. servicemen and women make the “ultimate sacrifice,” how would America’s editorial pages mark this Memorial Day?  Heartfelt tributes to the fallen? Thoughts on honoring...