It get misty around here, but welcome. All rights to the estate of Phil Ochs, and the noble man who posted this Bitter End film on his Youtube channel. The media blitz has come before the upcoming Article 32 hearing, the military version of a grand-jury process, at which a wide range of evidence can be presented by either side for consideration.

If you came here looking for the Chris Lombardi who runs a record company, wrestles in spandex, or wields a paintbrush or a tattoo needle, hit the back button on your browser. Welcome to the shop of yet another East Coast writer, one with many interests and a few obsessions. At the top of this page you can find links to some of my work. You can also find me at Guernica.

From Pelham Bay, The Bronx, to Pelham, West Mount Airy, Philadelphia. I first wrote this as an op-ed for Canada papers, but thought it worth running as the year runs down. And if it yet again embraced its role as a refuge from militarism, we would all be the richer for it, on both sides of the border.