I am sorry Nicholas Berg. I am watching your death, and I am mourning for you like I was your friend. I feel like your friend. I think that you were trying to befriend the world, and that you, through your brief and unexpectedly ended life, have prevailed. I wish peace and healing for the […]
The small miracles keep you going which actually makes them big, in the scheme of things. In the despairing times that are now, these awful news reports and the endless onslaught of dehumanizing defeat and death, I am looking for a brief, sunlit moment that will illuminate me from within so that I can be […]
Welcome home, Thomas Hamill, to your family and friends. So glad to see you back in Macon, Mississippi. No ticker tape parades are needed, at least for now. I am sure you need to catch up on some sleep, be with your children and your wife, eat some of that fine home cooked food I […]
There’s got to be a morning after. The morning after pill should be available over the counter, right by the Listermint strips, the Mentos, the toenail clippers, the tabloids, all kinds of impulse buys. I’ve heard that the fact that it may promote promiscuity is the main objection to its availability. I would keep a […]
—- Original Message —– From: David To: margaret@margaretcho.com Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 1:24 PM Subject: The prisoner abuse Hello, I am a 20 year Marine. I am not sure my views make me a Freeper or not, I just hope you get my mail. First of all I cannot agree with you more about […]
Prisoner abuse is the topic of the moment. The photos circulate around the globe, blue links embedded in forwarded emails, spinning out of address books, spinning out of control. It is sickening. Bad for everyone; making people look at the tragedy of this abuse; making people answer for it; making people mad for all manner […]
There are songs that are eternal, stuck on the random playlists that run in constant heavy rotation in our minds, that hit love right in the heart. Bob Dylan has perfect aim, especially in “Tangled Up In Blue.” There is always that person, that you will split up with on that dark sad night and […]
Here is a portion of the letter I got from Damien Echols today. “…for the past two weeks I’ve been writing non stop. I had started writing my memoirs several months ago, but haven’t worked on it since. I picked up my pen a couple of weeks ago and it began to flow. I’ve been […]
