Category Archives: Military

War – what is it good for

Thanks to my friend Matthew Vadum for reminding me of the canonic veracity of the following quote: "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks … Continue reading

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Another Remembrance / Veterans Day upon us

Last year at this time, I waxed poetic and subjected all of my blog site visitors to some rather awful ameteur poetry.  This time around, I’ll just stick with a few reflections.   In the US, we’ve just undergone an … Continue reading

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Two-fer… USMC turns 230, Remembrance/Veterans’ Day

There are two days, back to back, that I’ll be spending a little time blogging.   First of all, November 10th, 2005 (today) marks the 230th anniversary of the birth of the US Marine Corps.   I’m not a Marine, … Continue reading

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