A Grim Reminder This Thanksgiving

The New York Times had a thought-provoking piece this week about a Georgia man who's made it his business to track the casualties among coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.

We point out the icasualties.org web site run by Michael White because one of the site's many functions is to enable readers to track fatalities by state. And it's worth remembering this Thanksgiving eve that among the millions of people killed or injured in these conflicts are 72 Oregonians who have died in Iraq and 20 Oregonians who have died in Afghanistan.