Thanks to Bob Herbert of the NYT for serving the country

He has represented the conscience of America, its high ideals and the corrupt reality very starkly over the years. His voice will be missed.

Losing Our Way - NYTimes.com: "The U.S. has not just misplaced its priorities. When the most powerful country ever to inhabit the earth finds it so easy to plunge into the horror of warfare but almost impossible to find adequate work for its people or to properly educate its young, it has lost its way entirely."