Walked the Gettysburg battlefield this weekend, camping with some old friends. Yes, it was 14 degrees Friday night, but nonetheless good for my soul (if not my cough). On a quiet Saturday in December it's hard to imagine the scene 147 years ago when thousands fought and died on these fields. The nature of warfare was so different from today, yet young men and women still fight and die so that others may enjoy a better life. If only we civilians living comfortably behind the front lines were willing to make some type of sacrifice in their support. Instead, we fuss about our taxes and the price of gas.
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Sunday, December 12, 2010
Gettysburg
Walked the Gettysburg battlefield this weekend, camping with some old friends. Yes, it was 14 degrees Friday night, but nonetheless good for my soul (if not my cough). On a quiet Saturday in December it's hard to imagine the scene 147 years ago when thousands fought and died on these fields. The nature of warfare was so different from today, yet young men and women still fight and die so that others may enjoy a better life. If only we civilians living comfortably behind the front lines were willing to make some type of sacrifice in their support. Instead, we fuss about our taxes and the price of gas.
Friday, August 06, 2010
Hiroshima Anniversary
“Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.” -Pema ChodronSixty-five years ago today 140,000 people were killed in Hiroshima, Japan, a fact little noticed in today's news. Given the state of the world today, one must ask what we've learned as a species. We don't even have the attention span to acknowledge the anniversary of one of the central events of the 20th century.
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