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/p> p> BRAVE MAN br> Re: R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.'s Searching for Ernie Pyle : /p>

Mr. Tyrrell's comments about Ernie Pyle are a welcome reminder that high-tech video and fancy non-words like "embed" are no substitute for good writing. I was first turned on to Ernie Pyle as a young boy reading a 25-cent used collection of his columns called Brave Men. It remains one of the best books I've read, better than all the Gulf Wars reporting I've seen. Mr. Pyle was an extraordinarily gifted artist.

p>Today we generally have newsreaders dressed in the latest combat fashion, with no perspective beyond their location, saying absolutely nothing on video phone connections. How does David Bloom get his hair to do that? What will Geraldo find in Saddam's crypt? Do I dare eat a peach? br> -- Robert Martins br> Alexandria, VA /p>

After seeing the movie We Were Soldiers Iknew that Karl Rove would note the effect on the journalist who was under fire with the troops. It does change your "outlook."

p>I remember Ernie Pyle. I think Ernie is back.

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