Charlotte's writing on the Death of Osama bin Laden

Charlotte Ashlock always impressed me with her writing when she was in my class in sixth grade.  She is still writing and this piece is on her blog.  It moved me and she has done a wonderful job of putting the events of the last decade in perspective.  Especially the reactions to the news Sunday evening.  Click here to read The Price of Vengeance is the Blood of Innocence

"The price of vengeance is the blood of innocents, and though we drink it until it sickens us, we hunger for it again, and yet again.   We have short memories.  We do not learn from history.  How can we, when even history does not know how many we have killed?"