Civic Essays
What We Owe the Next Generation
There is a kind of conversation that has gone out of fashion in this country, and we are paying for its absence. It is the conversation older people used to [...]
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- Everyone Is Big Time and Nobody Is Interesting July 14, 2026In 1986, Peter Gabriel looked at the swollen fantasy of success, gave it a fabulous beat, and quietly slid a scalpel between the ribs. “Big Time,” taken from his album So, wasn’t just a funky little parade float of ambition. It was a warning label for the human ego after it discovers mirrors, applause, and […]Tammy Pondsmith
- The Mighty Moo: The USS Cowpens in WWII July 14, 2026Editor’s Note: The Mighty Moo: The USS Cowpens and Her Epic World War II Journey from Jinx Ship to the Navy’s First Carrier into Tokyo Bay by intelligence analyst Nathan Canestaro is “Band of Brothers at sea.” It is the tale of how a scrappy little World War II aircraft carrier and its untested crew […]Scott Faith
- Trust: Why It’s So Hard to Let Others In July 14, 2026By Britta Reque-Dragicevic This first appeared in Britta’s blog, “Life After War” and is republished with the author’s permission. ___________________ I’ve spent this entire lifetime being the strongest person I know. I know the walls that allow you to reach out, but won’t let anyone reach in. I know what it is to trust yourself the most […]Special Guest
- Explaining What a Pied-à-Terre Tax Is, and Why It’s a Bad Idea for New York July 13, 2026In April 2026, New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani revived one of the most controversial ideas in modern urban tax policy: the pied-à-terre tax. I’ll admit, I had never heard of that before. But in my defense, it hasn’t been done in New York before. The term pied-à-terre comes […]Charles Faint
- I Had to Write About the Fallen July 13, 2026By Lt. Col. Les Carroll (Ret.) U.S. Air Force/Air National Guard As an Air Force and Air National Guard public affairs officer, I spent my career telling our stories, the successes of my unit and the men and women who contributed to those accomplishments. Besides the hundreds of newspaper articles, press releases, and media events, […]Special Guest
