“The American Dream is not dead. But the Americans who believed in it might be.”For generations, the American Dream stood as a beacon: work hard, play Continue Reading
Recent Articles
“A Deck of Many Things”: Reflections on Colin Powell and Iraq, 20 Years Later
By LTC(R) Charlie Faint and MAJ(R) Mike WarnockEditor’s Note: This originally published February 20, 2023, marking the 20th anniversary of Continue Reading
Reply to Hannah
By Clay D You ask to keep the faith; I ask how could we? We are thrown to the wolves because we are dad, a product of toxic masculinity of the 90s Continue Reading
Teamwork/The Maxim
We each brought to the battlefield our own knowledge, experiences, and equipment. A fair fight was never a fight we sought. The odds should always Continue Reading
Have You Ever Wondered Who You’d Be Without War?
Have you ever wondered who you'd be without the war? Seriously? I have thought about it quite a bit and, if I was given the choice, I'd do it all Continue Reading
The Broken Chair Club
There’s a giant broken chair sitting outside the United Nations in Geneva, and for once public art accidentally told the truth. One leg blown off, Continue Reading
The Switch
72 hrs, give or take, is the breaking point where the lack of sleep catches me—embracing me like a lost lover whose touch can ease the pain. The line Continue Reading
Action Beats Fear
By Ryan Mimna The secret to handling fear is taking action. In the simplicity of this truth lies duplicity. Fear is paralyzing, as the brain knows Continue Reading
Sacred Bullets
sacred bullets flying through the airsacred bullets flying everywhere wars will come and wars will go,and only time will tell the woes kingdom Continue Reading
The AI Alibi
There is no technology more perfectly suited to our age than artificial intelligence, because there is no age more desperate to avoid Continue Reading
How I Stayed Grounded with 40 Years’ Experience in Civilian and Military Aviation
Just as a preface, this story has a point. Mainly that there are lessons I learned early in life that has stood me in good stead. Such as the need to Continue Reading
Attempting to Defy Gravity
In this article I am going to attempt to defy gravity. In order to do this though, I must first explain how I have come to this process. This Continue Reading