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December 1, 2018
THE NEW FAITH MILITANT
I look to the era before the Enlightenment with the kind of nostalgia that only comes to those who never actually had...
WELCOME TO CANNABIS COMPANY
The scene is the shop floor of my favorite marijuana dispensary in Sin City. The store is bright and, clean. Customers range from business...
Brown Out
The moon and the stars were out in numbers in that way they are in Afghan, so bright you don't need your NVGs or...
THE MYTH OF THE MONOLITHIC VET
If you’re like me, you are proud of your military service and you have a couple “HOORAH/ Kill Stuff” t-shirts hanging in your closet. ...
BRANDED LOST BOYS
Private Military Contracting (PMC) is a weird and beautiful animal. Should a mad scientist find a way to mate "War" with pure, unadulterated "Capitalism",...
Truth in Movies
When it comes to military anything, there’s a problem in the entertainment industry. Well, actually, there’s a lot more than just one, but we’ll...
IN DEFENSE OF TROUBLE MAKERS
One of the first lessons I got from my father was when he told me “if you are not in trouble, you are not...
When Children Knew Nothing
The smell of third world lands. Dry desert air, blood soaked grains of sand. I walk off the plane and it hits me. I...
THE CATALYST
My life has been a complex one. Some of it self-induced, some of it just dumb luck. It’s been unconventional to say the least....