A report comes from DADMANLY about the insensitivity of the press to the grief of families who have lost a loved one on the battlefield in Iraq. This so strongly supports my long-time belief that the press should be limited in their ability to move around near battlefronts. It is unconscionable that they should be contacting the families of casualties in the States before they are officially notified of death or injury by proper military authority.

I know from having personally been involved in it, that notifying family members of a loss is a very stressful and heavily painful time, and proper handling is imperative. Come on, media members, show some human compassion and feeling! Suppose you were in their shoes? This is a time for prayer, love, and caring, not running off to file a story.

You can be sure that this patriotic flyer of airplanes spends time daily in prayer for our military folks, especially for the ones who are exposed to such danger as combat, and for their families, who worry so much about them. May God watch over them and may He give them peace in the midst of confusion and care.