by Lt Col (ret), US Army, Darin Gaub “There is a light at the end of the tunnel, it’s We the People.” Continue Reading
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What It Would Take To Trust Our Government
Editor's Note: This first published March 1, 2023... however remains just as relevant a topic today. "Trust, definition of trust, noun, Continue Reading
Racism: It’s Not Just for Racists Anymore
In less than 15 years, the word racist has gone from being one of the most hideously powerful words in the English language to packing all the Continue Reading
Wash, Rinse, Repeat: Nations Divided Through Social Identity
There are countless examples to draw from in modern history wherein a nation-state does not have a shared identity amongst the populace, and diverse Continue Reading
I Paid $75 to Murder My Own Son or Daughter
by an anonymous veteran Only three people in my life know about my scar. Now I guess thousands will. But I think it’s time to tell my story in the Continue Reading
A Distributed Capacity for Violence: A Brief History of Weapons Technology and Political Power
by Sam Jacobs This article originally appeared in ammo.com and is re-published here with the author's permission. ___________________ The Continue Reading
Words as Weapons: Misinformation, Disinformation, and Information Warfare
There is no arguing that words have meaning and are the focal point of how we, as humans, communicate with one another. Words express thoughts and Continue Reading
Religion and Politics: Keep Them Separated
I frequently attend religious services at an Orthodox synagogue. I have been going to the morning prayer on Shabbat for almost fourteen years, and I Continue Reading
Fear of the Bogeyman
Wikipedia describes a bogeyman as a “mythic creature used by adults to scare children into good behavior.” It’s basically a scare tactic, using a Continue Reading
I’m not Liberal, I’m not Conservative, I am Reasonable
These days in America, if you have an opinion (no matter what that opinion may be), you are quickly labeled and ridiculed. It could be the most Continue Reading
Measures of Performance and Measures of Effectiveness
by Lt Col (ret), US Army, Darin Gaub It is the difference between doing things right and doing the right things I continue to revisit many of Continue Reading
Comfort is a Terminal Disease
Editor's Note: Wirtten July 20, 2015, how much more ubiquitous, influential, and divisive has media become since Boone wrote this? Mind-blowing. Continue Reading