"He saw war and tried to stop it," said Ted of Brother Bob." But who is trying to stop the wars now? Who is even talking about them?

We seem to have been living through what's been called a summer of death by well knowns-Michael, Farah, Walter, Don, Dominic and now a young DJ in New York-but, of course, others are dying whose names we don't know, who we don't hear about or maybe care about, in Iraq and Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Burma, and among the growing ranks of the poor in a world menaced by curable diseases and economic deprivation.

Can we as a country honor them they way we honor our own, can our TV Screens portray their struggles as they do those of the people on top? Can our hearts open to their pain and need? Can we walk the talk that Teddy tried to walk?

-link: "Mourning With the Kennedys"- Schecter, Danny

I do hope, regardless of my fondness for this beautiful reminesce, that it become abundantly clear through the provenance of this blog that rather a lot of people are trying to stop the wars; rather a lot of people care, and rather a lot of voices are joining the effort. As the New York Times noted in their coverage today, the antiwar movement is preparing to make a rousing effort come October: this is wonderful but not unsurprising; would that I felt that we had the luxury of time to plan in this area. I simply sally forth, outer hull blazing, and hope for the very best, as indeed many of us are doing. In certitude, much of the commentary below this piece was rhetorical- "stop the wars- shouldn't that be all of us- rather than throwing up our hands, etc. etc." Extremely refreshing to read. A great deal of struggle, and a great deal of satiation is my outlook for the months to come before us.