‘Armistice Day’ or ‘Veterans Day’? Both Have CasualtiesNote: I would have been proud to have written this, but this fine essay about the waste and awfulness of war was written for antiwar.com by my daughter Lucy.
In Flanders Field…Since everyone seems to be talking about them, I figured it was time to consider the whole white poppy issue. Let’s start at the beginning, shall we?As we all know, the association of poppies with remembrance began with John McCrae’s poem “In Flanders Field.” Poppy…
