In Almost Daily Dose, the blog section of this site, there is always the chance that I might take a serious turn, and this is one of those times. I wrote the article, Meditation on the Value of a Life, following the Taliban massacre of ten medical aide workers in northern Afghanistan in August 2010. Recently I recalled the story and wondered if it had been updated, but in my heart I knew it hadn’t. Those who died have been all but forgotten by the media, and therefore by most people. There are many more who will not even know they ever lived. In this holiday season, too often marked by over-consumption, in this great nation of ours nearly brought to its knees by corporate greed, at a time in our history when truly terrible things are forgotten in the course of a news cycle, I want to take a moment to remember and give thanks to these men and women, and others like them, who live and sometimes die in the service of humanity. They are the best among us…
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