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• The Omnipotence Paradox: When the Wrong Question Has No Right Answer September 7, 2026
  Every generation inherits a handful of philosophical puzzles that refuse to die. They survive not because no one has answered them, but because they expose something fundamental about the way we think. The Ship of Theseus asks whether an object remains the same after every part has been replaced. Zeno’s paradoxes challenge our intuitions about […]
  Charles Faint
• The Measure of a Man: Ramadi, Iraq September 7, 2026
  By a Combat Veteran Ramadi, Iraq, 2011  Just relieved from shift rotation, I was finally able to lay down and get back to my daily routine of binge-watching old episodes of the Fresh Prince of Bel Air. The firebase we built was managed by a 16-man team. The closest FOB was roughly a 20-minute drive […]
  Special Guest
• Stop Believing The Lie That No One Cares September 7, 2026
  By Britta Reque-Dragicevic This first appeared in Britta Reque-Dragicevic’s blog “Life After War” and is republished with the author’s permission. ___________________ One of my Soldiers learned today that he lost a soldier to suicide. One of my Marines attended the funeral this week of a brother who went Home early. I’m sure there are many […]
  Special Guest
• The Cost of Never Forgetting September 6, 2026
  People often remark on my seemingly impeccable memory. They wonder what such a gift might bring them, but they do not heed my warnings. They imagine a gift so pure it could only bring joy. I insist that such a gift—though it often is—like any other phenomenon in this world, cannot escape Newton’s third law. […]
  Jake Smith
• I’ll Take My Armor Off Someday–But Not Today September 6, 2026
  2016 04 29 Friday It was day three of the Pacific Area Deck Landing Qualification roundup, PACAREA DLQs for short. We had less polite euphemisms to employ when the officers weren’t in earshot. PACAREA command decided to fly in six helicopter crews and four additional aircraft from all around the West Coast to certify them […]
  K.C. Aud