Even Realer than the Real Thing

I'm not sure what it says about us that this is one of America's most moving places and sounds that patriotic bass note that many of us feel throughout our lives, but the thing itself has played out in a thoroughly political way, all while the mothers weep and the fathers try to look stoic.

As someone who has seen wounded U.S. soldiers and attended a soldier's funeral in his line of work, my heart and head say it's the right decision.