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Journalist Hollie McKay Profile

Journalist Hollie McKay Profile by David Bruce 2018 was the deadliest year on record for journalists, according to Reporters Without Borders. At a time when press patches are used as targets rather than a sign of neutrality, Australian/American Global Conflict Journalist Hollie McKay uses research, instinct, and trusted fixers to capture the story in some of the world’s … [Read more...]

Killing Qassem Soleimani Didn’t Escalate Anything

Killing Qassem Soleimani Didn’t Escalate Anything by J.E. McCollough I realize the history of U.S.-Iran relations isn’t something taught in high school. Or college. Or on social media. With Iran, you kinda have to be specifically involved with the topic to really know anything about it. It’s a bit of an obscure focus. I had that focus from 2007 until the end of 2011, … [Read more...]

Soleimani Smoked: Did The US Just Kill Iran’s Top Terrorist… In Iraq?

Soleimani Smoked: Did The US Just Kill Iran's Top Terrorist... In Iraq? by Scott Faith When I heard that rockets impacted Baghdad International Airport earlier today, I assumed it was the latest minor skirmish in the tit-for-tat going on between the American military in Iraq, and Iran's terrorist proxy forces.  Up to this point, the most significant development in that … [Read more...]

A Letter to the Special Immigrant Visa Recipients

A Letter to the Special Immigrant Visa Recipients by Kerry Patton Long ago, I wrote several letters. Arguably, they were the most difficult letters I had to write. They were letters to my wife and children should I not come home. I held onto the last letter and read it recently. After reading it, I decided to write another—not to my wife or children but to my … [Read more...]

Benghazi 2.0? U.S. Embassy in Iraq Under Attack

Benghazi 2.0? US Embassy in Iraq Under Attack by Scott Faith The US Embassy in Iraq, a sprawling, $750 million facility housing 5,500 Americans in downtown Baghdad, is under attack. Parts of the compound are in flames, armed and angry locals are roaming the grounds at will, and U.S. personnel have retreated to internally-secure locations. The situation has many Americans … [Read more...]

Peace and Dialogue: What Tel Aviv and Orlando Taught Me About “Pride”

The Peace and Dialogue Leadership Initiative: What Tel Aviv and Orlando Taught Me About “Pride” by Lieutenant Colonel Charles Faint This first appeared in The Havok Journal in December 4, 2016. Every summer for the last three years, it has been my pleasure to accompany a group of amazing young undergraduates from some of the nation’s top schools on a two-week educational … [Read more...]

Dear Democrats and Republicans: Stop Trying to Make America “Safe!”

Dear Democrats and Republicans: Stop Trying to Make America "Safe!" by J.C. Glick This article originally appeared on Facebook and is re-posted with the permission of the original author. This first appeared in The Havok Journal December 18, 2015. The topic discussed remains just as relevant today. I usually refrain from political statements in a public manner. It’s not … [Read more...]

Leaders: Myth and Reality – A Review

Leaders: Myth and Reality - A Review by Mike Kelvington This first appeared in The Havok Journal December 21, 2018. When many big names in business, politics, and pop culture sit down to pen a new book, they tend to capture personal exploits, successes, accumulation of wealth, awards, and achievements.  In the bestselling release of Leaders: Myth and Reality, GEN … [Read more...]

So… Is President Trump “Impeached” Or Not?

So… Is President Trump “Impeached” Or Not? by Scott Faith The vote is in.  On a mostly-party-line vote of 230-197 (with a handful of Democrat voting "no" and one notably voting “present,”) President Trump became just the third president in US history to be impeached by the House of Representatives. …or did he? Well, the entire Democrat Party and most of America seems … [Read more...]