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Your Super PAC Is Totally Independent Please Stop Laughing
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In the song "1000 Years" by The Gaslight Anthem, Brian Fallon sings “I heard about a woman once, who did everything ever asked of her. She Continue Reading
Your Citizens United Meme Needs a Lawyer
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Illegal Immigration Has an American Enabler
A guy came to work on my roof recently. I didn't ask where he was born, how he came to the United States, or whether he had legal status. I didn't ask Continue Reading
The Navigator and the Aviator
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The Omnipotence Paradox: When the Wrong Question Has No Right Answer
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The Measure of a Man: Ramadi, Iraq
By a Combat Veteran Ramadi, Iraq, 2011 Just relieved from shift rotation, I was finally able to lay down and get back to my daily routine Continue Reading
Stop Believing The Lie That No One Cares
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The Cost of Never Forgetting
People often remark on my seemingly impeccable memory. They wonder what such a gift might bring them, but they do not heed my warnings. They imagine a Continue Reading
I’ll Take My Armor Off Someday–But Not Today
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Coming Home from Afghanistan
By Chris Fitzmaurice The following is part of a collection of short stories titled Insha’Allah: Short Stories of the Long War in Afghanistan." Continue Reading