Would Someone Please Trumpsplain This?
To all veterans who have served or are currently serving in the military and to the friends and families of those who serve or have served and those who have suffered loss in service, I thank you for...
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a personal remembrance
“The mass of (wo)men lead lives of quiet desperation.”xYouTube VideoxYouTube VideoxYouTube Videox#DisneyObitsHer carriage turned back into a pumpkin well before midnight, killing 2.â Doc...
View Articlethe personal is political
Like the lot of you, since that tragic, tragic day in November, I have awakened every morning with a lingering gut-punched ache in the pit of my stomach, knowing it will be yet another day which brings...
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Memorial Day - Lincoln Colored Cemetery
Twenty years ago the Vietnam Veterans of Mechanicsburg Pennsylvania were looking for a project. They were drawn to an abandoned cemetery just south of town, The Lincoln Colored Cemetery. It was a...
View ArticleForgive Me, This One More Memorial Day Blog
Let me first thank the thousands of veterans who—either voluntarily or by draft—have done what I have not, laid their lives on the line because the government asked them to. You do this for love of...
View ArticleMay Days: Trump’s Ironic Proclamations, From Law Day to Memorial Day, with...
By Karen Rubin, News & Photo FeaturesNormally rote proclamations take on a sardonic, sarcastic, ironic tone when signed by Donald J. Trump.It may surprise people that May 1 (in many places called...
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PWB Peeps Open Thread: Memorial Day
This Memorial Day, let us remember the animals who have served in our military. Dogs, horses, even homing pigeons have done their bit.Not because they have any idea of a country or patriotism. But...
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Honoring those who've died for our flag, fighting to make sure fewer do so in...
Among the frustrating aspects of today’s fractured, bigoted national environment, is the hatred the current GOP and its supporters have for anyone that doesn’t look like them—white and male—or those...
View ArticleSacrifice
Having recently returned from Italy, where images of sacrifice surrounded me, I find myself contemplating sacrifice and suffering. In the midst of co-leading a pilgrimage, I saw everywhere biblical...
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I appreciate the invite but I don't do BBQ's and Sales on Memorial Day. It's...
This is what I had to tell a nice neighbor today. I hated to put it so bluntly but it’s not what we do on Memorial Day. This family gathers together and some or most of us place flowers or flags or...
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Memorial Day - You Live as Long as You Are Remembered
Classmates and shipmates.Stan KingAlfred Van WhitmerLarry WestJose Roberto MoncayoClive Garcia Jr.Clive and MotherHerman Carol AckerStephen BrumfieldJames J. SansoneWilliam Clark Jr.BM3 William Clark...
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Caturday Pootie Diary: Sounds and Silences
“What’s happening this weekend?” Freddie asked me, apropos of nothing. We were sitting on the couch, him cuddled up next to me while I read.“Huh?” was my intelligent reply.“You said earlier that you...
View ArticleExtolling Sacrifice of Memorial Day Without Clue of ‘Freedoms’ They...
By Karen Rubin, News & Photo FeaturesOn the same day as Trump proclaimed “Military Spouse Day,” saying, “Our service members are often praised as national heroes, but their spouses are equally...
View ArticleFor Memorial Day: A 3 minute primer on how to defeat authoritarianism.
This memorial day, let’s understand what we value about our country, and think about how we can bring about change in ways that do not involve war.This little 3 minute video does a good job reminding...
View ArticleA Most Likely Inappropriate Holiday Message
I know the approaching federal holiday is set aside to remember those, all too many, who have given the last full measure of devotion to our nation. Most veterans that I know firmly decline thanks for...
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Remembering the Korean War on this Memorial Day.
My father (Of Blessed Memory) fought and survived the Korean conflict which was June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953.However many of his friends and colleagues did not fare as well.My mother and father — on...
View ArticleThoughts of my Father on Memorial Day 2018
My dad was an immigrant. He came to the United States at the age of 6 with his family in August of 1929. His parents had been in the USA in the teens - my Aunt Helen was born in the States in 1919...
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Morning Open Thread: Memorial Day - For All We Know
Welcome to Morning Open Thread, a daily post with a MOTley crew of hosts who choose the topic for the day's posting. We support our community, invite and share ideas, and encourage thoughtful,...
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Recommended Viewing for Memorial Day ~ “In Excelsis Deo”
Although this is the weekend during which many people "kick off" the summer season with outdoor get-togethers and barbecues, some forget - or actually don't know that while Veteran's Day is a day to...
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