MSNBC has this heartwarming story:

I was disappointed that our only homecoming option was the middle of a busy construction site at Philadelphia International Airport, but the liaison from the Ranger regiment assured me that the press had been notified. We walked out on the tarmac next to the open cargo door of the enormous commercial jetliner, but when we turned to face the area set aside for the media, there was only a lone cameraman from the Ranger battalion.

The press missed a wonderful story that windy day. It took only a few moments for the nine members of the Ranger guard to remove the casket from the aircraft and for a crisp formation of 12 soldiers to snap to attention and salute. As they did, every construction worker and security guard, every person within sight of this small, simple ceremony came to a standstill to pay his respects. They may not have known my son's name, but they knew he was a soldier who had died in defense of his country. I was grateful that I could see through my tears to witness their tribute.

After my son died, I discovered a journal among his belongings. In it he had written, "Freedom means having the ability to say no to chaos." The press is guilty of creating a feeling of chaos. Instead of showing the positive pictures that are circulated through the e-mail grapevine by military families—pictures of soldiers making Iraqi chil-dren laugh or rebuilding schools—it chooses images of our loved ones' bodies being defiled. In doing so, it hurts the cause of freedom, not just in Iraq, but everywhere in the world. Whether or not we agree with our nation's decision to intervene in Iraq, we should all want to treat our troops and their families with dignity.

Indeed.