Wednesday, November 10, 2010

To the men with whom I served

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To Recon and Charlie Company: On this Veterans Day, 2010, we each have memories of comrades, friends, family and neighbors who while serving...
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Friday, November 05, 2010

Election November 2010

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For the record, I see not a revolution of ideas in the election results, nor a mandate for the Conservatives nor a need for the President to...
Sunday, October 31, 2010

The "Real" Threat Surfaces

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This is not the time for sleep. Those threatening our survival are coalescing into organized cells which throughout history have shown the a...
Sunday, September 12, 2010

Flight 93 and 9/11

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The article tonight is captioned "Michelle Obama and Laura Bush commemorate 9/11 at Pa. site of Flight 93 crash." The loss of life...
Sunday, July 04, 2010

The McChrystal Attitude

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Some writers have suggested that the experience of ten years of continuing conflict under fluctuating levels of direction, support and leade...
Wednesday, June 23, 2010

General McChrystal Disserves

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The conduct of General McChrystal and his staff, for whom he bears full responsibility, is a gross deviation from the standard of conduct of...
Thursday, May 27, 2010

Memorial Day 2010

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Remember what Memorial Day was meant to honor and DO SOMETHING to make it meaningful and respectful. As I write this I know that someone wil...
Monday, May 24, 2010

Combat Courts

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Veterans' courts: I have doubts about the wisdom of such courts. In my opinion as a combat veteran and former prosecutor, the particip...
Tuesday, April 27, 2010

My Lai: a documentary.

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On Sunday, April 25, 2010, PBS presented a documentary on the crimes at My Lai during the Viet Nam War. My Lai is not the story of American ...
Monday, March 22, 2010

Get Real America

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My friend sent me an editorial from today's on-line edition of the Detroit News regarding the passage of the Health Care Reform. I ackno...
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Sunday, March 14, 2010

Thoughts on Dealing with Terrorism

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To begin with, the comments that follow exclude consideration of the armed conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq since I believe there are estab...
Thursday, February 18, 2010

"What me worry?"

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Whether what we have now is the result of the natural development of all mature representative democracies, or the natural evolution of capi...
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

A Shifting Independent

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A year ago I was comfortable as a life-long Independent with a mix of leftist tendencies and conservative beliefs. The strident and often ba...
Tuesday, February 16, 2010

A Wrongly Titled Article

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I take issue with the use of the title "Obama's War" by the Washington Post in a continuing series of articles. http://www.wa...
Wednesday, February 03, 2010

The Diaper Bomber Comes Clean

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On January 5th in an on-line discussion forum I said: "From my experience, the FBI (and CIA) and experienced federal prosecutors are mo...
Sunday, January 10, 2010

Response to Friends: Say No to a Holy War

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For some time in recent months I have exchanged views on various issues with a number of friends for whom I hold the highest respect for the...
Thursday, November 26, 2009

A Thought on the Hasan Matter

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"WASHINGTON -- Military officials investigating failures in the wake of the Fort Hood shootings may recommend that individuals be held ...
Sunday, October 18, 2009

West Point Honor Code

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As you have framed the issue, my friend, I believe the topic [the viability of an honor code] is the most important one we can discuss as gr...
Saturday, October 03, 2009

Yesterday's News

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Day One – Hour One: Cable news reports “CHICAGO ELIMINATED FROM CONSIDERATION TO HOST 2016 OLYMPICS” Daniel Shore, Dan Rather and Walter ...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

A Rally by Any Other Name

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A friend writes from his rally experience in Santa Fe: " Contrary to media reports, it was not an anti-Obama rally. It was overwhelmin...