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This Ranger GWOT Vet is Nothing Special
Time and time again I have turned my thoughts into the written word. Where it started, I am not completely sure. It just seemed to be Continue Reading
Survivor’s Guilt
By Britta Reque-Dragicevic This first appeared in Britta's blog, "Life After War", and is republished with the author's Continue Reading
Europe’s Deadbeat Patriots
The European Union has a marketing problem, but that’s not the real emergency. The real emergency is that half of Europe’s political class treats the Continue Reading
You Look Happy
“You look happy,” my mom said after watching my newest YouTube video. Last week, I wrote about wanting to get back out there and film new wildlife Continue Reading
Shadows
By Ryan Mimna Dancing under the darkness of night,echoing songs of sunlight from streetlights. Mind speeding faster than light,uncertainty Continue Reading
Cargo Cult Science: When Looking the Part Replaces Getting It Right
In 1974, physicist Richard Feynman stood in front of a group of Caltech graduates and gave them a warning—one that has aged far better than most Continue Reading
The Job is Only Part of It
Editor’s note: In-text citations have been removed to align with The Havok Journal’s formatting. Full references remain listed at the end. There is Continue Reading
No One Knows What This War Is For
We’re two months into America’s latest Mideast predicament and there does not appear to be any quick resolution to our war of choice. The situation is Continue Reading
The Outrage Buffet Is Open, and America Has Gone Back for Fifths
Hatred is a contagion, but let’s not insult viruses. Viruses at least have the decency to mutate quietly in a Petri dish. American hatred straps on a Continue Reading
The Fallacy of Youth
By Ryan Mimna The fallacy of youth lies in the same ideals inexplicably tied to it. Change, Rage, Hope, all wrapped in ideals that have Continue Reading
Viper in the Hatchback
When I was eighteen years old, two friends and I drove to Columbia, South Carolina, to a reptile show. Keeping reptiles and amphibians hadn’t yet Continue Reading