By JC Glick and Michael Ostrolenk In our last article, we outlined the progressive journey from self-awareness to self-understanding to Continue Reading
Philosophy & Poetry
The Strength in Owning Our Imperfections
The world is filled with clips and quips of falsehoods. It is neither perfect nor fair. We are flawed humans stumbling through life, trying to do our Continue Reading
I Have Important Things to Do
The song "Time," by Pink Floyd (Harvest Records), is about the way ordinary days slip past until a person suddenly realizes that years have gone by. I Continue Reading
Noble Is the Soul
Often forgotten about,not beholden to the world. Only when you're alonedoes it seem to speakitself true. Ways of the world,winds of the Continue Reading
I Didn’t Feel Like a Veteran
It was Friday, Nov. 11, 2016. Standing on the fantail, I watched the patchy, silvered overcast roll down out of the snow-frosted mountains. Their Continue Reading
Sunset, A Fight, A Prayer
Another evening comes to Afghanistan. Sun’s rays brilliantly paint the skies.Under reds and maroons,Night slowly creeps down passes,Settling into Continue Reading
Can a Free Society Survive Its Own Tolerance?
America was founded on a radical idea. Not democracy. Not capitalism. Not even individual liberty. The truly radical idea was that people should Continue Reading
Those Who Serve and Those Who Wait
Standing tall and strong,he protects a loving familyas the battle still rages on.Protector of safety and unity,he knows right from wrong;bastion of Continue Reading
Uneasy Aeneas: Thoughts from a Dream
A few nights ago, a phrase came to me. Or more accurately, a pair of words: uneasy Aeneas.From time to time, things pop into my head when I'm about to Continue Reading
Snow Showers on a Sunny Day
I look out my window at a curious sight. As sunshine sits still in a haze, dancing in the wind, snowflakes on a sunny day. In the twilight’s Continue Reading
Tang Ping Is Older Than the CCP
By Bruce D. Kowal Charles Faint's recent analysis of tang ping in these pages is intelligent, well-observed, and correctly identifies the Continue Reading
Morals Under the Gun
“Probably all of us have found ourselves in circumstances where our convictions demanded that we speak out for or against certain statements or Continue Reading