| Father is still a journalist at 70, and looks back at Viet Nam as having moments of comradeship with the military and civilians. Son is on short assignments in Iraq, largely shut off from Iraqis, recognizing that journalists are possible victims. Both see the need to tell the story, although less readership turns to specifics of the action. Good profiles of a family who knows war through the power of the pen. |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.
