by Philip Caputo | Jun 28, 2024 | News
I am a lifelong Democrat. The first national election I voted in was in 1964 — LBJ vs. Barry Goldwater. You may then count me in the chorus calling for Joe Biden to quit the current race and make way for someone mentally and physically fit to lead this great...
by Philip Caputo | May 27, 2024 | News
Memorial Day, 2024. LCPL CARROLL FANKHAUSER, 1st Battalion, 3d Marines. 8/24/65 PFC ROBERT FERNANDEZ, 1st Battalion, 3d Marines. 6/20/65 CPL BRIAN GAUTHIER, 1st Battalion, 3d Marines. 7/11/65 LCPL REYNALDO GUZMAN, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines. 1/25/66 1STLT WALTER LEVY,...
by Philip Caputo | May 27, 2023 | News
Memorial Day, 2023. LCPL CARROLL FANKHAUSER, 1st Battalion, 3d Marines. 8/24/65 PFC ROBERT FERNANDEZ, 1st Battalion, 3d Marines. 6/20/65 CPL BRIAN GAUTHIER, 1st Battalion, 3d Marines. 7/11/65 LCPL REYNALDO GUZMAN, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines. 1/25/66 1STLT...
by Philip Caputo | May 6, 2022 | News
Yesterday, we marked the second anniversary of Karen Marcus’s passing; her death from Covid in May, 2020, motivated me to start writing these periodic dispatches from the pandemic front. It’s strange how, in times crowded with events, your perception of...
by Philip Caputo | Apr 17, 2022 | News
This entry could be titled THE ELEVENTH RUSSIAN. Here’s why: A long time ago, when I was a foreign correspondent assigned to the Chicago Tribune’s Moscow bureau, I met a Finlander at a diplomatic reception. During our conversation, he mentioned that he had fought in...
by Philip Caputo | Jan 30, 2022 | News
Thought for the day as we embark on Year Three of the pandemic: Even if the Bee could explain to the Fly why pollen is better than shit, the Fly would not understand. The people to whom it applies should be obvious,
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