war

i was a stranger on a strange land

Since [the war], Iraqis have once again tried to rebuild their library. The occupying powers have played along, but like so much about the Iraq War, their effort has been marked by ineptitude, hypocrisy and a cruel disregard for Iraqi people and culture.

A poem based on Audubon's print of a Man of War Frigatebird.

Page out of less than fifty years ago of atrocities and of a world that was threatened to sssh don't tell.

Interesting byline "Anything you say Bin Laden," This blog claims that schools in England will no longer teacher about the Crusades for fear of not being politcally correct with their Arab friends. Interesting read. How far do we back off for fear of hurting friends like Bin Laden? Perhaps we can say that

just depends on how you feel; what it means

A romantic fantasy of a different sort. Uses rich language and setting that is similar to Africa, but uses different tribes and Gods. It has a reality that few experience while showing the two young lovers fighting for their belief in their God and in each other.

Writing the Wartime Experience gathers the writing of soliders and their families

"The Coldest Winter,"

It seems the season belongs to the late David Halberstam. With thoughtful friends backing his novel, as he had done for others, I guess a best seller prediction should not be out of the question.

too bad they are not thinking RESPONSIBILITY before a war starts.

I think they call this an oxy MORON