by Philip Caputo | May 27, 2023 | News
Memorial Day, 2023. LCPL CARROLL FANKHAUSER, 1st Battalion, 3d Marines. 8/24/65 PFC ROBERT FERNANDEZ, 1st Battalion, 3d Marines. 6/20/65 CPL BRIAN GAUTHIER, 1st Battalion, 3d Marines. 7/11/65 LCPL REYNALDO GUZMAN, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines. 1/25/66 1STLT...
by Philip Caputo | May 6, 2022 | News
Yesterday, we marked the second anniversary of Karen Marcus’s passing; her death from Covid in May, 2020, motivated me to start writing these periodic dispatches from the pandemic front. It’s strange how, in times crowded with events, your perception of...
by Philip Caputo | Apr 17, 2022 | News
This entry could be titled THE ELEVENTH RUSSIAN. Here’s why: A long time ago, when I was a foreign correspondent assigned to the Chicago Tribune’s Moscow bureau, I met a Finlander at a diplomatic reception. During our conversation, he mentioned that he had fought in...
by Philip Caputo | Jan 30, 2022 | News
Thought for the day as we embark on Year Three of the pandemic: Even if the Bee could explain to the Fly why pollen is better than shit, the Fly would not understand. The people to whom it applies should be obvious,
by Philip Caputo | Dec 1, 2021 | News
I am reminded of the line from the ads for the sequel to “Jaws” — Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water… Just as all of us thought it was safe to unmask and stand closer to each other than six feet and stop washing our hands...
by Philip Caputo | Oct 12, 2021 | News
A couple of weeks ago I rolled up my sleeve and got jabbed with the Pfizer booster shot, which ought to immunize me against Covid for a long time to come. But the virus has taken a back seat as a menace to my health: less than two months ago, I was diagnosed with...
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