David Sedaris grieves the loss of his father, contemplates the existence of Heaven, and dismisses the many euphemisms people use when someone dies. https://t.co/zu3dfEQuIu
Evidence collected over many years, obtained from many locations, indicates that the power of prayer is insufficient to stop bullets from killing school children. #guncontrolnow
On 16th March, 1968 Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson Jnr was flying helicopter recon for an attack on an alleged Viet Cong-controlled village in Vietnam.
As the attack developed, Thompson realised he was witnessing something something else:
A massacre.
He decided to act. /1 🧵