Funeral services were held today for the late President Lech Kaczynski. The Washington Post let this slip into its report of the event, which Barack Obama and others couldn’t attend, Eyjafjallajökull’s ash cloud having interfered with air travel:

But Kaczynski’s family, led by his twin bother, Jaroslaw, insisted the ceremony go ahead, apparently in an attempt to allow normal life to resume in a country that has been seized in mourning.

Whatever the Post or anyone else thinks of Jaroslaw, if it’s not something nice, don’t mention it on the funeral day.


KatynOn a more serious note, it was a dozen or so years ago, walking along the Jersey City waterfront, that I first learned about the Katyn Massacre. I’m years overdue to take a few minutes of time and reflect on the striking memorial at Jersey City’s Exchange Place. It’s worth a visit if you haven’t seen it.