This past weekend Americans stopped to remember the veterans of
the wars in which we as a country have been engaged. Our debt to
these men and women can never be repaid for their service. For
those of us, who never have been in the heat of battle, heard
the terrifying sounds of bullets and mortars, held wounded
comrades who will for the rest of their lives carry the scars
physically or mentally of these wars or held dying comrades, we
can not know the true horrors of war. We can see the effects of
these conflicts at the Veterans Homeless Shelter on State Street
where hundreds of once proud military fighters have been reduced
to living a life on the streets. This weekend hopefully gave us
pause to remember and think of what we can do to help these men
and women who have done so much for us. In this the 50th
anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, we should remember that
negotiations by Russia and the United States prevailed over war
and a nuclear death. Today, we look at the world not as so large
but so small