archives :: tributes
colours
The Great Union Flag--the Cross of St. George, the Cross of St. Andrew, and the Cross of St. Patrick--for England, Scotland, and Ireland. [read more]
Wounded Warrior Project
Because freedom isn't free. And Memorial Day isn't just for those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice. [read more]
farewell to shadowlands
One of the last true giants of the twentieth century has departed. [read more]
Irish eyes
It being St. Patrick's Day and all, I propose a toast to a Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hewson of Dublin. Her given name is Alison. He hasn't used his in years. [read more]
happy birthday, soldier girl
Jeff Percifield of Beautiful Atrocities has done yeoman's work in blogrolling and otherwise following the webblogs of deployed U.S. military servicemembers. (Well, not literally yeoman: if I understand his bio in pictures aright, he's a veteran of the Air... [read more]
in memoriam
Bilbo Baggins called it a party, but it was really a variety of entertainments rolled into one. Practically everyone living near was invited. A very few were overlooked by accident, but as they turned up the all same, that did... [read more]
Semper fi
Today is the 229th anniversary of the US Marine Corps. Marine units—with support from US Army cavalry and Iraqi special forces—have taken seventy percent of Fallujah. [read more]
and yes, I did mean questionable
A rather personal addendum to this post. My father, Sergeant First Class Cecilio Antonio Perez, served in Vietnam during the same time as Lt. Kerry's curiously truncated Swift Boat tour. My father's tour of duty was also cut short—but for... [read more]
Agnus Dei
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi: dona eis requiem. Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi: dona eis requiem sempiternam.... [read more]
from one who was there
Lech Walesa, Nobel Peace Prize winner, past president of Poland, devout Catholic, founder of the anti-Soviet trade union Solidarnösc more than two decades ago, and the man whose address at Indiana University I inexcusably skipped, weighs in on why Reagan... [read more]
rest in peace
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith: In the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me... [read more]
Memorial Day
My father was a career US Army noncom and decorated Vietnam combat veteran. He died in an airline crash in 1973 while returning to Spain, where he was serving as liaison officer with the Spanish armed services. I never really... [read more]
semper fi
This has been blogged all over, but justifiably so: Andrew Sullivan posts a letter from a US Marine near Fallujah. Things have been busy here. You know I can't say much about it. However, I do know two things.... [read more]
in memoriam
Tony Snow's second-to-last Parting Thoughts commentary ever, on Fox News Sunday yesterday: Very few people took immediate notice of a great man's death on November 22, 1963. Even so, C.S. Lewis almost certainly will leave a larger legacy than John... [read more]
