If you were to take a tour of Madison's Forest Hill cemetery, you might come across an old wooden board, one you would pass by without notice on your own. That board represents the last wooden grave marker in the cemetery — or, at least it did a year ago when I last toured the cemetery.

Cemeteries, particularly old... >>MORE

If you read the statistics about reduced violence in Iraq and increased influence of the Iraqi government, it is possible to conclude that there may yet be a happy ending for the American occupation.

If you read "Collateral Damage" by Pulitizer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges and freelance writer Laila Al-Arian (Nation Books: $22.95), you will conclude the battle is already lost... >>MORE