This piece was written at the beginning of 2017. Are we seeing much change with the current administration? Over the past nine years, the U.S. Continue Reading
Contemporary Affairs
Emotionally Driven Diatribes in the Wake of the Vegas Shooting
The Vegas shooting was a nightmare. It was a nightmare many on the left and right used in an attempt to help promote their own agenda. It was a Continue Reading
The Complex, Troubling, and Convoluted Case of the Trump Tower Wiretap
Sometimes the intractable condition of life’s continual drift into a grayish existence means that events will often stubbornly refuse to be clearly Continue Reading
Harvard, Chelsea Manning, and the Crisis of Misinformation
By Lana Duffy If there is one thing of which we can be sure, it is that Chelsea Manning is out of prison and attempting to start making the Continue Reading
Mattis vs. Trump: Just How High Are You, Slate Magazine?
By Kevin Wilson So I did this piece last week about how we should all stop paying attention to clickbait from HuffPo and Slate and various other Continue Reading
ESPN and the Asian Reporter With The Racist Name
“I’m American, honey. Our names don’t mean s**t.” - Butch Coolidge, Pulp Fiction, 1994. This is a time of incredulousness in America and it Continue Reading
I’ll take one Colin Kaepernick over a thousand Nazis.
In 2016, NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick made headlines and created controversy across America when he refused to stand for the playing of the Continue Reading
Females in SEAL Teams: They Will Never Be My Brothers
By Kevin Lacz In 2015, when Defense Secretary Ash OK’d the plan to integrate women into the military, I was interviewed for a Navy Times article Continue Reading
The French Foreign Legion and Your Chance to Finally Get in the Fight
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in The Havok Journal on 15NOV15, but with the French Foreign Legion back in the news here in the US, I Continue Reading
Why Meeting Kim Jong Un Is A Good Idea
Recently, President Trump stated he would be "honored" to meet North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un. Many groups and pundits criticized the statement, Continue Reading
Cop Ends Dangerous Standoff in “Grand Theft Auto” Style
Well, that's one way to do it. In a scene more reminiscent of the popular video game Grand Theft Auto than the nightly news, an Arizona police Continue Reading
American Abducted in Africa
An American man was kidnapped in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly known as Zaire, by an unknown militia. Michael Sharp, 34, worked with Continue Reading