Mr. Greenburg must be somewhere around my age to have the same type memories of that war time. It was nothing directly affected me and my understanding. I have a couple of uncles gone somewhere, my parents complained about no sugar for their coffee, I saw cars with no tires running on the rims but I was young enough to not realize that was not normal. I remember the day it was over and the sense of relief the entire country seemed to feel. I am certain a world war would mean a whole lot more to me today and certainly hope I nor no one else ever sees it.

I believe we are going to have the results of one of two outcomes. Either Obama wins by a crooked election or if Romney wins martial law will be put in force before he can take office.

Where is he going to be safe if he is declared innocent?

I too wanted to be a boy from the time I can remember. Fortunately for me none of the modern thinking existed. I felt for many years it was a man's world and women certainly were the underdogs. Finally around age 40 I discovered being a female had many benefits and at least since it was a man's world I wasn't responible for the shape it is in!

You may gave written a good article but I never got past the first page. We never fought a civil war over slavery. We fought a civil war over the south seceding from the union and therefore the country losing the vast income that the union lost because of that action.

As an Independent I did not vote for either leading candidate last election. I did vote but not for either of them. Look what we got!!! I feel I must vote for Romney this time even though he is not the greatest things since sliced bread. If we take over the Senate and keep the House of Reps, providing we get rid of a whole lot of RINO's we can turn things around to some extent. I fear greatly for the future of a country I was always grateful to have been born in.

If it were a perfect world I would be a libertarion but I realize it isn't so I have to remain a "radical right wing conservative.

I am constantly amazed by the amount of people who proclaim, "they are in a better place." Your reference isn't the only place that proclaims the dead have not gone to heaven immediately. Thank you.

I have yet to know people who have a Downs Syndrome child who didn't think it was the best thing that ever happened to them. I knew one single girl of 19 who had one and everyone in her family loved that child. They are always so happy regardless of what is going on, Sometimes I wonder if being smarter is all it is cracked up to be. Thank you for your love and devotion.

After his second tour of duty in Iraq my grandson killed himself. He was diagnosed as having problems but no help was given him. Why do we allow such things?