A Tribute to Michael Kelly

I don't normally get choked up when I hear that a war correspondent is killed. Better a journalist than a soldier is my view. But Michael Kelly was special. A former far left liberal, he was cured of his liberalism by the corruption and sanctimony of the Clinton Administration. His conversion cost him his job as editor of The New Republic.
Of late, he has served as editor of the Atlantic Monthly and wrote a syndicated column. But he gave up the easy life to chronicle the war as an embedded reporter. His moving story were the best coming from the the front.
There's a great story about him in today's Washington Post. Read it.