Trump and the Warmongers

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Trump and the war hawks. Or war sluts. Or war pigs. I thought about all three of these. Then I thought: Why insult hawks, sluts, or pigs? Donald Trump is forming his cabinet by rounding up the usual...

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A Veterans Day Tribute

This originally appeared on November 11, 2008. Every Veterans Day, I try to do something special to remember or honor a veteran. I don’t like the standard flag-waving event that this day has become for many people. In many Veterans Day speeches, the speakers talk...

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Veterans Day and the Purpose of Veterans

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission.  Originally posted for Veterans Day in 2020. I come from a family of veterans.  My father and his two brothers served in the military during World War II.  My mother’s brother (Uncle Freddy) fought at...

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