Rewind: Two Memorial Day posts from 2008.

Two ruminations from two years ago. First, there's war as obscenity irrespective of "sides" occupied by the dead.

Memorial Day as a universal concept.

... For me, it's a far more worthy holiday is it prompts introspection into the sacrifice made by all soldiers in all places and times, the vast majority of whom have been little more than cannon fodder and largely without any identifiably personal stake in the outcome of battles fought for reasons that have nothing whatsoever to do with those doing the actual dying.

Second, there are local symbols, and then there are local entitites congenitally allergic to symbolism.

Thinking about Muhammad Ali and the Democrats on Memorial Day.

A year ago this weekend, Mrs. Confidential and I visited the foremost destination for foreign tourists who come to Louisville, and I urged readers to do the same: C'mon, who could turn down an afternoon at Louisville's Muhammad Ali Center?

We've been back for a repeat look, and enjoyed the experience just as much the second time.