Sorry to have been neglecting you — busy schedule, nasty cold, living in the nonvirtual world and all that. Bloody nuisance.

Anyway, I’m going through my work e-mail from home (something I’ve just gained the ability to do), and I received this op-ed submission. I thought it would give y’all something to discuss until I post again. At the latest, that will be tomorrow’s column. It’s about the Confederate flag. A bit of a talker, that, so tune in.

Sorry about the faux British locutions; I’ve been rereading a LeCarre novel while nursing the cold. Can’t be helped, you see.

Here’s the cover note from the op-ed submission. Discuss away:

Dear Editor,
The spokesman for the Multi-National Force-Iraq, Maj. Gen.
William B. Caldwell, IV., would like to submit the below OPED for publication
in your paper.
I request response with an indication of your intent to use
this week’s piece and an indication of your interest in receiving OPEDs
in the future.

Very respectfully,
Douglas Powell
Maj, U.S. Marine Corps
Public Affairs Officer
Multi National Force-Iraq, Baghdad

Go ahead and read it. It’s OK. It says right at the top that it’s declassified.

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