Veterans Day
Veterans Day. A bundle of conflicting feelings and thoughts. Let’s honor those who suffered unimaginable deprivation and hardship or death around the world for our nation, and let’s also hold the generals and politicians accountable for using them wisely and sparingly in the future. Let’s praise the diplomats, artists, and ordinary people who bridge differences and keep us at peace. Let’s praise the courts and laws that hold society together and keep swords in their sheaths and guns in their armories. But when all those things fail, and darkness descends, we need people to step into the breach and keep the barbarians outside the gates. Thank you for your service.


