November 11th - A time to reflect on war without any ideology
I am a Quaker by faith and therefore a pacifist for religious reasons, there is that of God within everyone. I am also a Baltic German, I come from a family narrative that had us on all the wrong sides of the wars except for Baltic Liberation War in 1918 to 1920. My people were the enemy of liberalism and a better world in numerous wars. My relatives were also all good and loving people. I am named for a man that was a fighter pilot in the Luftwaffe. I also live in the real world and I accept that we need the police and by accepting that I tacitly agree to the state having the power of deadly force if needed. I hope that the use of such a power would always be limited

Vanguard on Current TV
Lately I have been watching Vanguard which is on Current TV. The program is a series of half an hour to hour long current event investigative stories. It is much better than 60 Minutes, 20/20, W5 or the fifth estate. It is better because the stories are longer, they are not short ten minute cursory looks at something. Vanguard also chooses interesting stories from interesting angles, they are letting me know about stories I am not hearing elsewhere, not even in the Economist, the world's greatest newspaper. The latest story was about the impact of e