The Boston Globe, May 31st, 2004
THIS DAY, dedicated to honoring the country's war dead, can also be a time to meditate on peace. The emotions are not mutually exclusive, although the labels "hawk" and "dove" seem to suggest otherwise. People are much more complex than labels. When they stand in the cemetery today, surrounded by rows of fluttering flags, many will feel pride in the life of the soldier while still hoping for an end to the brutality of war. In the silence after the bugler plays taps, a person might well ask the ageless question: Must it always come to this? Must the battle always be waged? War is a barbaric ent...
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