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...

Citizen Soldiers

I joined the Air Force in 1983, back at the very height of the Reagan Build-Up. Since then, I’ve often been reminded of Groucho Marx’s quip, “I would never belong to a club that would have me as a member.” I’m guessing the only way I got accepted—especially as an...

Irish in America

There are few Something-Americans who enjoy their hyphen more than we Irish-Americans. And there are So Many Of Us on St. Patrick’s Day, right? Well, it turns out the single largest ethnic group among Americans is… German. This rather surprised me, mostly...

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