There are lives in the balance
I’ve been waiting for something to happen, For a week or a month or a year… Lives in the Balance, Jackson Browne, 1986
Hearing Browne’s words play on the radio after a particularly poignant conversation with my battle scarred son impressed upon me once again, the chronic apathy and seemingly mindless complacency that afflicts this nation as regards the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. With 1,210 days, at this writing, into the Iraq war the death toll stands at 2,546.
Read More