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• Let Them Hate, So Long As They Also Read October 16, 2026
  I’ve been the owner of The Havok Journal for more than ten years. And for most of that time it has been a true pleasure. But there is a reason why, long ago, we adopted the motto oderint dum legitur. Roughly translated from the Latin, it means “let them hate, so long as they also […]
  Charles Faint
• What the Stump Knows October 16, 2026
  Is it just me, or is anyone else really confused by how a seemingly dead tree—a mere stump—can send up shoots of new life? Essentially, new trees growing out of the bones of the old one. There are no seeds or acorns around it to germinate, just the stump standing in defiance of the death […]
  Stan Lake
• Sex Offender Registries Can Limit Veterans’ Housing and Care Options October 16, 2026
  By Ryan Anderson, U.S. Army sergeant (retired) Editor’s Note: Ryan Anderson has disclosed his involvement with the Florida Action Committee’s media efforts, an advocacy organization focused on sex offender registration laws and related policies. Veterans who must register as sex offenders can face separate decisions about housing assistance, installation entry and long-term care. Published rules […]
  Special Guest
• The Pentagon Would Court-Martial a Corporal for This Accounting October 15, 2026
  Somewhere in the United States military, a corporal is explaining a $12.37 travel voucher discrepancy to a supervisor who looks ready to convene a war crimes tribunal. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has spent eight consecutive years demonstrating that when the numbers get large enough, accountability becomes an inspirational leadership concept. Apparently, arithmetic stops working somewhere above […]
  Tammy Pondsmith
• Cub Scouts the Air Force Way October 15, 2026
  By an Anonymous USAF Brat Back in the 1970s, Cub Scouts were a part of virtually every young boy’s existence. It was almost a rite of passage. Some continued through Webelos and on into Boy Scouts. As any Cub Scout, current or former, will tell you, one of the seminal events held every year was […]
  Special Guest