Citizen Soldiers

I was outraged this week by Lt Gen (ret) Michael Flynn’s public call for the US military to overthrow the results of the 3 November election and supervise a new vote. That is the stuff of Banana Republics–and not the ones with chinos and sheath dresses. So...

Jerry Jeff and the Candy Bomber

While 2020 continues to Suck Out Loud, the last few weeks brought a couple of events that had particular meaning to me—the (very happy) 100th birthday of the Candy Bomber Gail “Hal” Halvorsen and the (very bittersweet) death of Jerry Jeff Walker. Coincidentally, both...

Racial Bias in Military Justice Is Real

Something remarkable happened this week. In the midst of militarized police and policing military personnel, leadership of the American armed services stepped up to defend the Constitution-—starting with a couple of retired four-star officers, Adm. Mike Mullen and...

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