war in afghanistan
How Rep. Walter Jones has turned his guilt over the Iraq War into acts of empathy
The GOP congressman has sent nearly 12,000 letters to Americans whose loved ones died in the war he voted to authorize.
Afghan morass
In two books on Afghanistan, Anand Gopal and Carlotta Gall each point to the absurdity of America's longest war.
Sheepdog or sheep?
Every war movie is in essence a pro-war movie, even when it tries to be against war.
The war within: A veterans moral injury
In Iraq, my perception of good and evil began to erode. What I lost was a world that made moral sense.
Presidents and the moral accounting of war
Holidays evoke moments of reflection. Americans just celebrated Memorial Day, a time to honor those who have fought and died in wars for the nation. Traditionally, people hold parades, gather in cemeteries and rally around monuments to fallen soldiers.
Perhaps it was fitting, then, both that President Barack Obama delivered a signal speech on the war on terror last week and that Google bestowed the honor of “Google doodle of 2013” to Sabrina Brady, a Wisconsin teenager who depicted her father’s return from a tour of duty in Iraq.
Decoration Day
There's a danger in making veterans into secular saints. The saints don’t need us to give their deaths meaning; they died fully rewarded.
A desecration
Christians would be outraged if they learned of
Muslims burning the Bible. Muslims have an even greater reverence for
their holy book.
Battle scars: Veterans turn to clergy for counseling
Mike is a veteran who attended college on the new GI Bill. When he walked into my office, I knew something was wrong.
by Jane Donovan