The yen of some folks to mix the presence of a dead body with the innocence of a child—“Come here sweetie and kiss your Great Aunt Sally goodbye.”—is another mystery of our cultural past. Read More

"I could remember beautiful kimonos and dolls and lacquered chopsticks and little girl’s tea sets that had come my way from the earlier war when Daddy was occupying Japan. But this Korean War was very disappointing." Read More

A five-year-old does not think about choices and, of course, she hasn’t any. Read More

The men were far away and couldn’t stop them. Read More