I recently finished reading The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride. It's a fascinating novel set in a small Pennsylvania town in 1936. Continue Reading
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Seven Months, Three Dependents, and One Congressman: A Brief Look Inside the VA’s Frustrating Bureaucracy
by Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Charles Faint A Reluctant Start to a Lengthy Process I retired from the Army in November 2022 after 27 years of Continue Reading
Borderline: The Latest by Ranger, Actor and Border Patrol Agent Vincent “Rocco” Vargas
Vincent Vargas has been a friend of The Havok Journal since the very beginning of our site. In addition to serving in combat with the 75th Ranger Continue Reading
Maintaining a Healthy Homeowners Association
Homeowners Associations (HOAs) are an essential part of the American landscape. They provide a way for neighbors to come together and maintain their Continue Reading
Why Are States Having To Use The National Guard For Routine State Functions?
The National Guard has been used for some weird things lately. And I'm not talking about the standard "Let's use the Guard to pretend to secure the Continue Reading
The Average Civilian Pistol Permit Holder is Better with Their Weapons than Most Cops
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on February 18, 2019. New York State, with its liberal politics and highly restrictive gun laws, might be the Continue Reading
Careful When Indicting an Entire Group for the Actions of a Few
This article first appeared in The Havok Journal on August 21, 2017. ___ How could they be so stupid? I thought to myself, and emitted an audible Continue Reading
2nd Rule for the Counterradical
Rule #2: “The people possess far more intelligence than is currently developed.” Even the least educated and inexperienced individual can grasp Continue Reading
Divided Loyalty: The Immigration Dilemma
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on April 5, 2016. The topic remains just as relevant today. We face trying times where loyalty is the only Continue Reading
Knock it Off and Get to Work: 4 Problems Bigger than Partisan Politics
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on March 10, 2019. What has changed since then? I was often asked about what I would do after President Continue Reading
Self-Destructive Ideologies Clash in Portland, Everyone Loses
Self-Destructive Ideologies Clash in Portland, Everyone Loses by Wade Garrett This article first appeared in The Havok Journal on 24 August, Continue Reading
The Nurse Who Wouldn’t Draw (First) Blood
The Nurse Who Wouldn't Draw (First) Blood by Kevin Wilson This article was first appeared in The Havok Journal in September 2017. By now, Continue Reading