Reads for Veterans Day. IN THESE DESERTS: WAR STORIES FROM AFGHANISTAN Veterans Day: Denouncing The Insanity Of Permanent War RETHINK Afghanistan Suicide Rates Soaring Among WWII Vets Premiering this evening on HBO,
Unfortunate Daughter
Found dead on the military base in Balad, Iraq in July, 2005, a short time after she began serving there, the United States Army ruled 19 year old Pfc. Lavena Johnson’s death as a suicide resulting from a self-inflicted M-16 rifle shot wound, and sent her home in a box. …
Conversation With Myself
Batting a head continually against anything causes the brain to waffle back and forth inside the skull. This can cause bruising, and repeated bruising can cause brain damage. I get it. What I’m not clear on is why we are having congressional hearings about the situation. We struggle with making …
Dark Secrets, Lavena Johnson’s Story Gets Some Coverage in Australia
Lavena Johnson. I haven’t written of her case in some time because, despite all the congressional hearings late last year on the issue of sexual assault in the military, her case has never been specifically addressed, and the case has yet to be reopened. A new president was elected, and …
Tuesday’s Skim Milk and Heavy Cream
I’m coming off a wonderful last evening, an evening where the self deprecating sense of humor of a 75 year old women named Lenore impelled me to laugh to three steps ahead of death, coerced my stomach to ache and my chest to throb so hard that for a time …
