Andrew Olmsted wrote an essay to be used in the event that he died. Being an officer on the front lines in Iraq he had reason to think that might die. And as a dedicated blogger, he wanted to have a say on his own death.

Many of you may have already read this essay, give that almost every big name political blog around has linked to it. But for those of our readers who do not regularly read political blogs, we thought that it would be worth highlighting on our own page. Given that so many people want to speak for the dead, it seems reasonable to give them a chance to speak for themselves.