Sic Semper Tyrannis

Memorial Day - 2011

 
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The essay is my work.  It was written in the midst of the Iraq War of 2003- .  pl 

Sacred to the memory of...

An Indian friend sent this phtograph from a church in North India.  It reminds me that there are veterans graves everywhere.  It reminds of the monument I crossed a strret to look at in the dusty little Vietnamese town of Lai Khe in 1968.  The town was at the center of the 1st US Infantry Division's headquarters camp.  The monument was "Sacred to the memory of the officers and men of the 6th Moroccan Spahis 1947-1954."  pl

We have lost a friend- Leila Abu-Saba

I regret to inform the SST community that Leila Abu-Saba has left us all after reaching the end of her long struggle with cancer.

Requiescat in pace.  pl

http://mondoweiss.net/2009/10/goodbye-to-leila-abu-saba.html