Exciting week, right? You should see the pile of digits reflecting the thoughts and raw emotions of people who have dealt with the litany of memorable actions with which America has played a major role down through the years. Some of the Writers Section participated in the evacuation of Saigon, now 46 years in the […]

There was quite a flurry of anguish in the stack of electronic mail yesterday. Last week everybody seemed to be on vacation, and the summer breeze was laden with moisture and seasonably warm. The crop of corn and barley are coming up in the fields, a joyful linkage between natural bounty and human engineering to […]

(Alexander of Macedon visited Afghanistan, 300 years Before the Current Era). There is some talk this morning about the end of the twenty-year American experience in Afghanistan. For some of us it goes back a little further. For others, a lot further. Some of the Writers Section participated in one. I got to watch two, […]