And today, with twitter and texting and all the other tools we have literally at our fingertips, a debate quickly turns into a cyber-space brawl. That is an impossible venture. Over a quarter century, Mike Barnicles memorable columns mixed criticism of bureaucratic failure with personal stories that championed the everyday struggles of regular people. The Globe initially suspended Barnicle, 54, yesterday for one month without pay after learning that he had used a series of one-liners in his Sunday column that had been lifted from comedian George Carlin's best-selling 1997 book, "Brain Droppings." In 2007, he co-founded the John Marshall Law School Veterans Legal Support Center & Clinic in Chicago. I dont understand that. Stay tuned. Like nearly everything elsea ball game, a rock concert, a political debateanyone who buys a ticket or takes the time to watch instantly becomes a critic. A sort of news and history the way it should be station? And based on his unwillingness to admit to his crimes, a persecution complex. Mr. Barnicle represents federal government contractors relative to aerospace, national defense, homeland security, cybersecurity, information security, legislative affairs, foreign military sales and international trade matters. Tom was in camouflage. Nothing can ever come close to the actual violence, fear, noise, clamor, courage, carnage, and the mind altering, lingering, lasting damage done by war to those charged with fighting it. There had been charges of fabrication/plagurism for years go ask the late, great Mike Royko. Liebling. During the course of any normal day I usually pay more attention to assembling a grocery list than I do to reading movie reviews, although there are a more than a few film critics who bring huge insight to their work. If you do nothing, you are giving implied consent to the use of cookies on this website. Steven Xiarhos snapped this photo of his wife, Lisa, and their son, Nick, at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina on Sept. 1.At the cemetery, the mist became rain and thunder announced itself in the distance. BARNICLES VIEW ON WTKK: A recommendation for the film The Hurt Loc https://barnicle.969fmtalk.mobi/2009/07/17/71709-the-movie-the-hurt-locker.aspx, https://barnicle.969fmtalk.mobi/2009/06/17/61709-iran-situation.aspx. I said it before: perception matters. A bagpipe brigade played God Bless America. His mother was presented with the gift of a grateful nation, the folded flag that protected the coffin carrying a son who died protecting others. It was once a huge railroad center when America moved mostly by train, before the automobile, the interstates, long after Lewis and Clark came through on the way to the Pacific. Barnicle wrote Sunday: "Someday I'd love to see the Pope appear on his balcony and announce the baseball scores. He made his money in commercial television, so now he is going to bring his Midas touch to public radio? By Dan Kennedy The press, politics, technology, culture and other passions. Then there were the three black girls at Basin Street South. Whats Lydon got on public radio? He was an integral part of Ken Burns PBS documentary The Tenth Inning. That changed everything. "I'm going to the library for my next five columns," he told Imus. Here is a Gingrich, then a Romney, a Santorum, a Paul, a Bachmann or Perry smiling, glad-handing, promoting, promising, pleading to be sent forward to New Hampshire and beyond by the handful of Iowans who will show up at caucuses Tuesday night. Matt.Kasik@arnoldporter.com But Editor Matthew Storin asked the 25-year veteran to leave the paper after learning that Barnicle, who claimed never to have read Carlin's book, had held it in his hand and recommended it on Boston's WCVB-TV in June. Michael Barnicle, known better a Mike Barnicle is a broadcast as well as a print journalist of American nationality. He is known best for his contributions to several shows of MSNBC. By mid-afternoon, even before he knew his job was in jeopardy, Barnicle was feeling more subdued. If not, he has nothing by way of those on the street stories that both propelled him forward and sunk him in the end. What Barnicle has are sticky fingers. But its been over two years nowthe honeymoons over.Cmon Paul! Try not to watch TV when stories about it are on, but its there, you know? Was his a life sentence? Is it pro-war? He vowed never to treat people the same way again. Yet the Marines on the ground are so committed to saving these Afghan friends because they know that America made them a promise that they want to stay there as long as it takes., The Daily Caller | 1775 Eye Street NW | Suite 1150-290 | Washington, DC 20006, (RELATED: Impossible Deadlines From The Get-Go: Fox News NatSec Reporter Says Military Was Given Herculean Task In Afghanistan). +1 202.942.6682, Matt Kasik External sites are notendorsed by CNN Interactive. Thomas E. Houser, USMC, 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company, First Marine Division, killed on this day in 2005 in Iraq. Barnicle called the charge "absurd" and said he had never seen Royko's Christmas tale. Michael Barnicle, partner, provides a full range of litigation, compliance, and corporate transactional services across government contracting and international trade, He made it work. I'm stupid and embarrassed." And I had this feeling, this strange feeling, that Im never going to see him again. In Dallas there was no cheering. 15 years of distinguished and unquestioned work?Is this accurate? WebChair, Government Contracts and International Trade Group. Whats remarkable about LaCameras email is that he refuses to acknowledge that Barnicle spent nearly 25 years fabricating sources and committing plagiarism, as Dan reported for The Phoenix years ago. La Camera, if you read this rest assured, many of us will stop contributing if Barnicle is hired. RadioBoston host David Boeri? Hard not to. I was just looking at a picture of Tommy and his older brother Joe, Mary Ellen Ward was saying the other day. Mike Barnicle is an avid Red Sox fan and often comments on the team and baseball in columns, radio shows, and on TV. Media Relations Manager Listen here: https://barnicle.969fmtalk.mobi/2008/11/10/111008-veterans-day.aspx, Barnicles View, with Mike Barnicle, Imus in the Morning, Monday-Wednesday-Friday, 6:55a & 8:55a, 8/22/08: Mike recommends the book Generation Kill by Evan Wright, Listen here: https://barnicle.969fmtalk.mobi/2008/08/22/82208-book-generation-kill.aspx, 8/18/08: A tragic story from this past week of two service men from Cape Cod killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, Listen here: https://barnicle.969fmtalk.mobi/2008/08/18/81508-nation-still-at-war.aspx. They could have all the fabricators of the day: Barnacle, Carr, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Patricia Smith, Joseph Ellis, and pretty much anyone from FOX, and most any pundit from any talking head show.On second thought, weve got enough of those already. WebMike Barnicle is a fraud and a liar . People on the left go back and forth with those on the right about the movies merits. I dont even know where WBUR is, but would find it if Barnicle was hKennedired. 75 listeners? Barnicle crowed from his lofty TKK perch.At the time and I doubt these numbers have changed one whit BUR was crushing TKK in every time slot, most especially Barnicles, where he was, to coin a phrase, Lydon and Ashbrooks bitch.But in Boston, its always payback.

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. "I didn't go out and make up a {expletive} column at some event." Kennedy is a controversial figure in the media industry. It's embarrassing," he said. lets put this anachronism on the air, and grab the oldtimers.maybe anachronism isnt the right word. I have no desire endlessly to relive the Mike Barnicle saga. Listen here: https://barnicle.969fmtalk.mobi/2009/07/27/72709-marine-cpl-nicholas-xiarhos.aspx?ref=rss, 7/17/09: Barnicle gives a thumbs up to Summit Entertainments new Iraq War movie The Hurt Locker, calling it as real as any war movie ever made., Listen here: https://barnicle.969fmtalk.mobi/2009/07/17/71709-the-movie-the-hurt-locker.aspx. Some rights reserved. He joined ROTC at Tufts, received a Masters in international relations from the Fletcher School of Diplomacy, was commissioned as an officer in the Army Reserve in 2003 and became convinced that a world consumed with conflict and terror might be changed by Americans bringing clean water, medicine and food as much as by drones, missiles and military might. !function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src="https://rumble.com/embedJS/ukxsg"+(arguments[1].video?'. BARNICLES VIEW ON WTKK: Remembering 9/11 and the state of our country sin https://barnicle.969fmtalk.mobi/2009/09/11/91109-remembering-911.aspx, BARNICLES VIEW ON WTKK: Local police officers life cut short, https://barnicle.969fmtalk.mobi/2009/08/31/83109-michael-davey.aspx, BARNICLES VIEW ON WTKK: Boston murder kills a dream, https://barnicle.969fmtalk.mobi/2009/08/03/8309-murders-in-dorchester-and-lawrence-this-past-weekweekend.aspx. It was transparently obvious that Paul LaCamera was a horrible hire at the very time he took the job. Indeed, that was the rationale for laying off Dick Gordon. perhaps caricature. On Point senior producer Wen Stephenson? Has his work ever been more than just average? I mean, hes been touted as much and most of his track record indicates he does. The last time I talked to him was Christmas Day, a few days before he was killed. I wont be contributing to WBUR again until you are gone and Barnicle is not there. . He died on his fathers birthday, Aug. 25, 2004, when Carlos Arredondo turned 44. The cost is $5 a month. In 1992, Bill Clinton's successful effort to avoid both the draft and any military service at all including the National Guard became an issue. I can still recall standing in the lobby of the Holiday Inn in Manchester, N.H., with the late, great Murray Kempton as the results came in on primary night 14 years ago. In 2007, he co-founded the John Marshall Law School Veterans Legal Support Center & Clinic in Chicago. Did your son like the Marine Corps? I ask her. ", In an interview before the penalties were announced, Barnicle said he apologized yesterday to Carlin, who replied that he had sent the columnist a copy of his book with the inscription: "Now you can eliminate the middleman. Boston is the town that NEVER forgives and NEVER forgets.Good lord, there are blocks in Southie where it never stopped being the 1970s. Mr. Barnicle also studied numerous government contracting and national security matters at the US Army Judge Advocate General's School in Charlottesville, Virginia. Was Barnicles work unquestioned for 15 years? The town, like most, has a narrative to it, a story that is both parochial and universal: It was built by pioneers who suffered and prospered yet greeted each sunrise with a sense of optimism. 10/05/09: Barnicle talks with Jim Braude and Margery Eegan about David Letterman admitting to having affairs with women who worked for him and the situation in Afghanistan. Due to his government-military experience, Mr. Barnicle possesses unique insight into the complex government contracting and acquisition processes that allows him to anticipate issues, assess litigation risk and develop practical solutions. Cooper barely moves, hardly utters a line. The late Chicago Tribune columnist Mike Royko accused Barnicle of lifting material on more than one occasion. Instead, the toll of who he is and what he has done and what he must surely never want his little boy to endure is in his eyes and on his face, a portrait of inner pain he wrestles with daily. "I did something truly {expletive} stupid and highly embarrassing," he said. My husband almost killed himself in grief, his wife says. This contradiction is unacceptable.". I can get the same stories from the sources who actually produce real news: The Globe, The Herald and The New York Times. Mr. Barnicle provides a full range of litigation, compliance, and corporate transactional services across government contracting and international trade, including national security and cybersecurity matters. He admired his grandfather who served with Pattons Army in World War II. Now, in the winter of 2004, another veteran, John Kerry, is rolling toward his party's nomination. Also, in an issue that will hit newsstands Friday, The Boston Phoenix weekly newspaper will report that Barnicle lifted portions of a 1986 column from a 1961 book by journalist A.J. Mark Feeney from The Boston Globe wrote: Mike Barnicle, who toiled for many years at this newspaper, serves as representative of Red Sox Nation. "First, John made it happen. His claim is laughable. Earlier this month, Storin demanded Barnicle's resignation after discovering that he used jokes from a book by George Carlin without attribution in an August 2 column. After 85 years, was it time to move on?Perhaps more relevant, whats this bullcrap that Barnicle is the best WBUR can do? And while a platoon of professional essayists, film aficionados and all around Im smarter-than-you folks attack one anothers opinions, there seem to be a couple items that have been forgotten along the side of the long road weve traveled for 15 years15 years!in Iraq and Afghanistan. Dan, promise me youll publish something cataloguing Barnicles various misdeeds, in the Phoenix or something.Please? Mike Barnicle, columnist, NY Daily News/Contributor, NBC News MIKE BARNICLE is a columnist for the New York Daily News. Listen here: https://barnicle.969fmtalk.mobi/2009/10/05/10509-david-letterman-affairsafghanistan.aspx. ", The columnist said he regularly stockpiles funny lines from friends inside and outside the paper. Barnicles View, with Mike Barnicle, Imus in the Morning, Monday-Wednesday-Friday, 6:55a & 8:55a. Try and stay away from the news about it. Mike Barnicle is a veteran print and broadcast journalist recognized for his street-smart, straightforward style honed over nearly four decades in the field. To a journalist, credibility is like virginity; it is only lost once.Barnicles work over the past year has been based not in reporting, which is the foundation of column-writing, but in making smart-ass comments for such atrocities as the Imus radio program, his own mail-it-in gabfest on WTKK and whatever cable chat show needs a few glib remarks during those infuriating pseudo-debate segments.Let us not attach any sort of journalistic credibility to cable televisions quest for a vast arsenal of glib talking heads to toss barbs at each other in discussion of the hot issue of the hour. But in recent years, hes become a generic cable-news talking head with no fastball. For many years he was also a frequent guest on Imus in the Morning, where his Barnicles View was heard three days a week. For more information, please contact Dan Kennedy at dan dot kennedy at northeastern dot edu. Mike Barnicle 3 Pols ignoring costs of war Council Bluffs, Iowa On a day when so many in Iowa will assemble to start the process of picking a president, Mary Ellen Ward will drive a short distance to St Josephs cemetery to say a prayer for the soul of her son. Sgt. Mike Barnicle asks Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson how he would handle Aleppo, Syria as president. They had hands over hearts and tears in their eyes for a boy most never met and a crushed family: the father, Lieutenant Steven Xiarhos, wearing the full dress uniform of the Cape Cod police department he has served for 30 years, the mother, Lisa Xiarhos, the dead Marines twin sisters, and younger brother. Remember his tone of contrition after he was raked over the coals during the final Globe episodes? Barnicle tried to get out in front of the controversy yesterday morning by joking on the air with his radio pal Don Imus. Barnicle refused to quit, and a Globe spokesman would not say whether he was about to be fired. Why hire a guy with that history who hasnt made the effort to reinvent himself, as a journalist. Web02/17/21 8:48 PM EST, Article Michael Barnicle (born October 13, 1943) is an American print and broadcast journalist, and a social and political commentator. Anon 10:34, I personally am a fan of the phrase Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play? :-)Seriously though, I dont get it. Scott of the Times, Joe Morgenstern of the Wall Street Journal and Ty Burr of the Boston Globe are always in my lineup. ", Barnicle acknowledged that "the timing isn't the greatest thing in the world, considering what they went through with Pat Smith. Council Bluffs sits at the edge of the great Missouri River, separated from Omaha, Neb., by waters that divide two states and dominate the landscape. Paul LaCamera, dont you know your own station?jk. The procession stretched for miles beneath a warm drizzle and a gunmetal gray sky. If WBUR wants to quickly ruin the sterling reputation it has rightfully earned over the past two decades, it can do no better than to hire Mike Barnicle. Thomas Houser died exactly seven years ago, Jan. 3, 2005, while serving with the Marines in the violent city of Fallujah, Iraq. I think about it all the time. And just because we forgive someone for theft doesnt mean we should let him back in our house. As I said previously, I have no desire endlessly to relive the Mike Barnicle saga. A.O. He worked as a speechwriter on the U.S. Senate campaign of John V. Tunney and for Sen. Ed Muskie, when Muskie announced his intention to run in the Democratic Party presidential primaries. Barnicle appeared in a small part in the Robert Redford film The Candidate. Mike Barnicles articles and commentary have also been published in Time magazine, Newsweek/The Daily Beast, The Huffington Post, ESPN The Magazine, Grantland, and Esquire, among others. The boy is approached by a young Marine who lost his leg in Fallujah. "Jeez, he was sorry.". But a strong case can be made that Eastwood and Cooper have produced one of the few films that go beyond an attempt to put the reality of war on a big screen. And to take a look at the bigger picture for a moment, why is La Camera seemingly so hellbent to hire everyone BUT radio people at WBUR? Where was that location? Now, boom, they got him. He is a contributing commentator on MSNBCs Morning Joe program. Lets start with the fact that Washington put them in this place. For his broadcast and print work, he Providing excellent client service and building close client working relationships are my priority. MSNBCs Mike Barnicle also appeared on the Friday morning episode of Morning Joe, where he asked Moulton if a brief clandestine trip to Kabul changed his view BARNICLES VIEW ON WTKK: Former VP Dick Cheney like your crazy uncl https://barnicle.969fmtalk.mobi/2009/05/13/51309-vp-dick-cheney.aspx?ref=rss, https://barnicle.969fmtalk.mobi/2008/11/10/111008-veterans-day.aspx. He was born on October 13, 1943, in Worchester, Massachusetts. Put them in this impossible place, in this impossible situation, with a nearly impossible mission, Moulton replied. 6/17/09: Barnicle talks about the Iran situation and our relationship with the country following their presidential election next week. Barnicle worked as a volunteer for the Robert F. Kennedy 1968 presidential campaign in various states. After Kennedy's assassination, Barnicle attended the Requiem Mass for Kennedy at St. Patricks Cathedral and later rode on the 21 car funeral train to Arlington National Cemetery. Johnson responds. He had a nice, easy columnist spot. So on Jan. 3, 2012, as candidates organize and hope for a finish that will fuel a continued campaign, Mary Ellen Ward will again and daily think of her son Tommy: Sgt. The question is whether he could ever be talked into coming back in a commentator capacity, as opposed to the full-scale, large-staff production he had before. It washell, says Brannon. Unfortunately, Mike Barnicle and Patricia Smith did not feel the same way. Paul LaCameras point about giving Barnicle a break after 10 years is a classic non-sequitur. Try looking at people youre not close friends with for a change! Youll find the historical overview here, and the Liebling story here. Media Nation is published under a Creative Commons Attribution- Noncommercial- Share Alike 4.0 United States License. Yarmouth Police Lt. Steven Xiarhos pauses at the casket of his son Nicholas Xiarhos. CAPTION: (Photo ran in an earlier edition) Columnist Mike Barnicle, suspended without pay for plagiarism. Barnicle, 54, is the second Globe columnist to resign in the last two months. But the record is the record, so there you go. Globe reporters were told Wednesday that when Reader's Digest decided to reprint the story, fact-checkers at the magazine concluded it was a fabrication. I knewI just knew.. He didnt even have the excuse of being in over his head and strung out on drugs, like Jayson Blair. So will Barnicle actually pop up on WBURs airwaves? People! So how come? In a terrific piece for Grantland.com, Mike Barnicle asked Terry Francona hows he doing as the dad of one of our soldiers at war. I cant believe that of the hundreds of perfectly qualified potentials in this city, not ONE of them would be better than Barnicle. MSNBCs Mike Barnicle also appeared on the Friday morning episode of Morning Joe, where he asked Moulton if a brief clandestine trip to Kabul changed his view of the situation. Keep supporting great journalism by turning off your ad blocker. What is truly amazing here is that La Camera portrays the Carlin incident as a singular event. https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/25/what-american-sniper-gets-right.html. He is one of 70 from Iowa killed in Iraq or Afghanistan fighting two wars that have had so few serving for so long as America plods into the second decade of a new century, exhausted and isolated from battles that crush the families of the fallen at home. I lived 1,000 years that day. Adds Mike: Those who died in Europe serve as a daily reminder of the horror of war and the price of freedom and democracy. On MSNBC. His award-winning documentaries include Armed and Dangerous, which examined the proliferation of guns in the U.S., and Justice on Trial, an expos on the Massachusetts judicial system. He was only 22., Its funny, she was saying, but the last time he was home, just before he left for his second tour of Iraq, we went shopping, just the two of us. The Massachusetts native has written more than 4,000 columns collectively for the Boston Herald, New York Daily News, and The Boston Globe, where he rose to prominence with his hard-hitting and often heart-wrenching must-read columns that closely followed the triumphs, travails and ambitions of Bostons working and middle classes. He said the bartender had given him "six or seven" such jokes. Instead there is amazement at how popular the movie has been since it was released nation-wide a week and half ago, wracking up record box-office returns. Tapping into a rich knowledge of local and national politics, Mike Barnicle has a keen ability to cut through political spin and wrote frequently about Sen. Ted Kennedy, Sen. John Kerry, longtime Congressional Speaker of the House Thomas Tip ONeil, as well as Boston mayors Kevin White, Ray Flynn and Tom Menino. The column that led to Wednesday's resignation told the story of two children -- one black, one white -- who became friends in the hospital. Take my word for this: Tic Tacs is not a major purchase. WebMike Barnicle 4 America provided things that form the foundation of who we used to be: the prospect and potential of hope, mercy, and freedom for strangers who came carrying not much more than a determination to survive in a big country with a bigger heart. A.J. Mike Barnicle and The Globe won praise with their coverage of the political and social upheaval that roiled Boston after the city instituted a mandatory, court-ordered school desegregation plan in the mid-1970s. OK! Last week, Laura and Gary Sklaver buried their oldest boy, Ben, who was 32 when killed by a suicide bomber in the remote village of Murcheh in the distant land of Afghanistan. Is his brother still on the job? In a sand storm. In a lengthy essay, I forget where, Lydon had tagged Barnicle with the enduring epithet: Often in error, never in doubt. AB. Dan, if you go back and read your own work on Barnicle, how can you possibly say, Im of a mixed mind about this? A Cadillac hearse slowly carried the flag-draped coffin along Route 28, from St. Georges Greek Orthodox Church in Centerville to Bourne and the National Cemetery where Xiarhos was buried. In a statement effective 1 April, WBUR and Paul La Camera announced that in lieu of Mike Barnicle as a new guest commentator, Bostons pub yakker is pleased to Mike Royko had a remarkable gift. Throughout his career, Barnicle has seen newspapers in their (comparative) heyday. Is there room for another radio station? For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. They get a nice pension too. Barnicles history makes him wholly unsuited for any role therein.Jerry McFaddenDorchester. Barnicle does not deserve to be hired because of who he is, as well as who he was. Then you have the third," Bob Kerrey was saying. The managers son, Nick Francona, a former pitcher at the University of Pennsylvania, is a lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps, serving a six-month tour, leading a rifle platoon in Afghanistan. Tom Ashbrooks got that now, and Im sure BUR doesnt have the budget for two shows like that. It revolved around the scene where Chris Kyle sights, shoots and kills the major-league caliber Iraqi sniper from a distance of more than a mile away. ", And what did the bartender say about the outcome? But a Globe review of 364 Barnicle columns found no evidence of fiction writing. ", Carlin's book says: "Someday I wanna see the Pope come out on that balcony and give the football scores. This site uses cookies to enhance functionality and performance. In June, Patricia Smith was forced to quit after admitting she had fabricated characters in four of her columns. Its always there., The Afghan War Through a Marine Mothers Eyes. Fans still regularly request copies of columns that touched them some written more than 30 years ago. A check of hospital records showed no indication of a black child dying in the month Barnicle recounted. (RELATED: Impossible Deadlines From The Get-Go: Fox News NatSec Reporter Says Military Was Given Herculean Task In Afghanistan). And I kind of hate to say this but I think we ought to get everybody out of there, out of Congress. Barnicle is such a piece of work! Mike Barnicle has a remarkable gift?George Carlin has a remarkable gift. I was always grateful that I was able to address and right those charges as well. Steven Xiarhos snapped this photo of his wife, Lisa, and their son, Nick, at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina on Sept. 1. Mike Barnicle and Patricia Smith, both former workers for The Boston Mr. Barnicles previous JAG service included a combat tour in Iraq as a strategic legal advisor to military and other government officials. The Globe ended up going back to past columns and asked Barnicle to substantiate some of them. BARNICLES VIEW ON WTKK: Media coverage of those who sacrifice for our cou https://barnicle.969fmtalk.mobi/2009/07/27/72709-marine-cpl-nicholas-xiarhos.aspx?ref=rss. If you do nothing, you are giving implied consent to the use of cookies on this website. Walter Reed National Medical Center, where the wounded, the limbless, the brain damaged are treated for injuries that linger forever and are largely forgotten by a country and a culture where more attention is paid to deflated footballs than the needs and cost of caring for men and women who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. For another tour in a war that has made much of our nation weary and too many of our politicians silent. On Wednesday, when Storin told the newsroom that Barnicle had resigned, his announcement drew cheers and laughter. Hell, look at the pre-2004 Red Sox. One of his great strengths on both page and screen has always been what a potent and vivid presence he has.. Mike Barnicle's Career He became a hugely respected voice in New England for his political criticism and personal stories covering. Lost in the right/left debate over the new Clint Eastwood film is how few Americans fought this centurys wars, and how the suffering of their families has often gone unnoticed. It's kind of amazing how Vietnam won't go away. Please support this free blog by becoming a member of Media Nation. Mr. Barnicle handles complex, high-stakes bid protests and contract appeals cases.

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