Category Archives: War & Peace
For Memorial Day: A Book From The Other “Front Line” Of Our Wars
For several years I frequently visited Camp Lejeune, the large Marine base on the North Carolina coast, about three hours east of where I lived. I went because they had a brig — a jail — and several of the troops I had worked with as resisters to war served time in it. I went … Continue reading For Memorial Day: A Book From The Other “Front Line” Of Our Wars
March 10: Remember Tom Fox
March 10: Remember Tom Fox March 10 — how could I forget? How dare I fail to remember. Four years and four months ago, John Stephens and I began a blog site called freethecaptivesnow.org , as both a personal vigil and a community service, compiling and posting nightly updates of reports — or mostly the … Continue reading March 10: Remember Tom Fox
From the “We Listen To It So You Don’t Have To” Department: Hello Boom-Boom!
Published: Mon Feb 22, 2010 Marines’ training at Fort Bragg to raise decibel levels around town The noise level around Fort Bragg may increase when the Marines conduct their annual spring artillery training on Fort Bragg from March 1 to April 2.
Carolina Shocker: A Republican Congressman Questions the Af-Pak Escalation . . .
OMG — The first congressional press conference challenging the Af-pak escalation was today, and the only Republican there was Rep. Walter Jones, a conservative Catholic who represents Camp Lejeune, the Marine base from which a big chunk of the new troops will come.