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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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- You Think You Want a Non-Interventionist U.S., Until You Get a Non-Interventionist U.S. September 30, 2026For most of my adult life, the United States has been at war somewhere. I spent a good portion of my own military career in those wars, particularly in Iraq and Afghanistan, and I understand better than most why Americans have grown tired of intervention. We have seen ambitious objectives become open-ended commitments, tactical victories […]Charles Faint
- The Conflict at Home September 30, 2026I partially credit Martin Luther King Jr. with saving my husband’s life. Sitting in his running Subaru in our garage, loaded gun in hand, Mark remembered our daughter upstairs in her bedroom. It was the Friday before MLK Day weekend. She had come home from college for the long weekend. He understood she would have […]Wendy Arena
- Childhood Lessons Only a Military Brat Learns September 30, 2026By an anonymous USAF brat As I sat there on the couch shoving another backup mag wrapped in TactiGami™ into my go bag, I zipped it closed and function checked the main pocket for the rest of my go bag loadout. All the usual stuff guys carry every day along with things I’ve learned to […]Special Guest
- America, Brought to You by Our Sponsors September 29, 2026Over the last decade, American news outlets have pulled off a miracle of modern engineering: they turned what was supposed to be a public service into a nationwide, always-on divorce court where the country is permanently arguing over who gets custody of reality. You don’t “watch” the news anymore; you enroll in a tribe with […]Tammy Pondsmith
- Demons of Our Actions September 29, 2026By Trey Tull Our lives are composed of the consequences of our actions, the good, the bad, and the neutral. I believe the pattern of life is for us to choose as we have free will, thus contradicting the predestined fate some believe in. Some believe fate will be what it will regardless of their […]Special Guest
