A Death in the Family... by Christopher Hitchens

I urge everyone to read the article about this amazing young Army officer killed by an IED. It's not his death that is amazing, but his life - short though it was. I promise you will not forget this young man.

The full article is at the Vanity Fair website with this introduction:


Having volunteered for Iraq, Mark Daily was killed in January by an I.E.D. Dismayed to learn that his pro-war articles helped persuade Daily to enlist, the author measures his words against a family's grief and a young man's sacrifice. by Christopher Hitchens November 2007



Photo Caption: A 21-year-old Mark Daily takes his oath as a U.S. Army officer during a commissioning ceremony at U.C.L.A. on June 25, 2005. All photos courtesy of the Daily family.