Fight The Power…And Everybody Else?
Why is it that when it comes to fighting, we can always find the money? Soup kitchens, winter heating oil for seniors, Head Start for kids, national public radio (NPR) — all are on the chopping block...
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We’re Out Of Iraq…What’s Next?
This message was sent by President Obama today: Early this morning, the last of our troops left Iraq. As we honor and reflect on the sacrifices that millions of men and women made for this war, I...
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Dispatches From the Homefront: Good Lil’ Army Wife Speaks Out
NOTE: Poet e.e. cummings had an alter ego, a cockroach which would bang out poems at night on cummings’ typewriter. At the risk of being diagnosed with delusions of grandeur, I must defer this week...
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My Wounded Warrior
It’s difficult for me to write on personal topics. Politics is my comfort zone. But once in a while, I want to say something just to share it, like a diary entry. Once in a blue moon, something moves...
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Skipping Rocks: the Quarrel Between Japan and China, and What it Means to...
As the New Year unfolds before us, we find ourselves falling off one rock and headed down toward another. We’re a bunch of Rockhounds, really, with an excellent collection going. While we’re busy...
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‘Special Powers’ Allows for Trampling on Women’s and Civil Rights
Before the sequestered budget cuts redirected attention to our elected officials’ inability to work towards a goal beneficial to most Americans, the news cycle contained stories about other items of...
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Friday News Roundup
Those of you familiar with this scribe know that I follow the news diligently. Some stories in particular caught my attention this week so I now present to you Patrick’s Friday News Roundup....
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U.S. Army Celebrates its 238th Anniversary
Two hundred thirty-eight years ago the leaders of the United States established what was then known as the Continental Army. Since then, the US Army has defended the nation and its inhabitants against...
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Militarized Healthcare: National Security’s Future
The military of the future does not fight wars and hunt terrorists—it fights the spread of disease. At the start of 2015, President Obama made a State of the Union speech thanking, in one sentence,...
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Second Amendment: What are Your Real Rights?
In very recent history, an individual’s right to bear arms has become a hot topic of debate. The Second Amendment is commonly quoted in order to argue the individual’s rights, but when the Second...
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4 Professional Paths You Can Take with a Degree in Military History
There are a number of different careers a person with a degree in military history might pursue. Many people might think first of teaching, but below are four other potential career fields....
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