The Perilous Shift: Reassessing the Two MRC Strategy
Our generals and admirals and SES politicians took their eye off the ball and wrecked our Military starting in 2001.
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Unveiling the Organic Farming Paradox: Balancing Environmental Ideals and Human Survival
Biologist, Paul Ehrlich: “To cut a cancer out, you have to cut away some of the normal tissue as well.”
Citizen Writer, Jam Shazy: America’s Darkest Hour
In the annals of American history, and for. some, January 2021 emerges as a chapter marked by what some may label as the nation’s darkest hour.
Barb Dwyer: Shifting Perspectives, From Abortion to Confronting the Reality of Child Sacrifice
It’s time to confront a grim reality by reframing the discourse surrounding what has long been known as “abortion.” Let’s call it what it is – “child sacrifice.”
Strategic Evolution: Mark Esper’s Decision to Rename Psychological Operations to Information Operations
The decision by the U.S. military to rename psychological operations (PSYOP) to information operations reflects a strategic shift in terminology that aims to convey a more neutral and encompassing image.
Sean Dietrich-The Last Procession
The first car drove by with headlights on. Then several more vehicles. Low beams blaring. It was sundown. My cousin and I were parked at a stoplight when the funeral procession passed.
Crunching Numbers at the Pentagon: A Comedy of Pinching Pennies and Pals in High Places” By: Mark Twain, an American Patriot
Insights from the 5-sided building known as Sodom on the Potomac, by a Citizen Writer and American Patriot who goes by, Mark Twain.
Numeric Cheetah Flips-When Military Analysts Dance to Political Tunes
Deployed as a math geek research analyst in the company of a certain prominent political figure today, I soon learned a bitter truth: numbers don’t lie, but military analysts? Well, they often have to.
Waffle House by Sean Dietrich
Waffle House was warm and inviting. The parking lot was mostly empty except for a few muddy trucks. My wife and I had an 11-year-old with us. She is blind.
Christopher Bakes: Pope Francis, the Latin Mass, You, and Me.
Here is my opinion on the Francis papacy’s blessing unions outside of traditional marriage; “Pope Francis, the Latin Mass, you, and me.”
A Letter of Thanks by Sean Dietrich
A letter by American Citizen Writer, Sean Dietrich, giving thanks to God
Thanks G.I. Joe
Nov. 26, 1863, (FREDERICKSBURG)—Dearest Brother, I suppose you are having a good time this Thanksgiving, eating plum pudding and chicken pie and cider. I hope you are, at any rate, for I want you to enjoy yourself. I should like to be with you, and I know you would like to have me, but alas …
Dear Sean
Sean Dietrich receives a poignant letter of abject grief, and answers as only one of our great American writers and sages is able to do.
Memorable ‘Memes’ by Citizen Writer, Rob Pue
While it’s sad that so few people are now willing to take the time to read a ten- r fifteen-minute article in full, I’ve come to realize that “memes” can play an important role in this age of instant information sharing.
WW1, WW2, Cold War or Something Else?
With all the recent conflagrations: Russia-Ukraine, Gaza-Israel, worries of China-Taiwan; a recent discussion among some of my classmates posed the question of whether the current world situation is analogous to the run-up to WW1, WW2 or to a new Cold War.
Robert Pue: This Is Your Brain On Drugs — Any Questions?
As I go about my business around town and to various parts of the state and the country, everything looks so very different from the America I knew as a kid and young adult.
War Angel, by Sean Dietrich
“I know what I saw,” said William. Mister William was old when I interviewed him years ago. Ancient, actually. Mid-nineties. Bent and pale. A television was playing in the background of his nursing home apartment. Old people like to have televisions playing in the background. It’s like having company. “It was World War II,” William …
This Veterans Day, by Sean Dietrich
The Bevill Center was packed. The parking lot was slammed. Families of all kinds gathered in the auditorium for this upcoming Veterans Day, to watch their fifth-graders put on a concert.
Brenton Smith On Social Security; Myths vs Realities
The discussion of Social Security reform is the modern day manifestation of the Tower of Babel, where everyone has a fact that is someone else’s myth largely because each language comes with its own set of facts.
Sean Dietrich: Bad Grammar
I get a lot of comments about grammar. And after having studied the subject for years my ownself—mainly by reading thousands of critically acclaimed cereal boxes—I’ve decided to answer questions from a readers who inquire about various grammatical errors in my work nearly every day.