A collection of my articles & musings on a host of topics.
To Arms…Teachers?
"Any reasonable person knows that disarming a law obeying populace will only leave the criminals armed. That argument does not need to be repeated again here. Any person who is set on trading his life for another can accomplish it with or without guns."
The Hardest Battle: Veterans, Suicide, and the Struggle for Identity
“To some, suicide feels like an alluring and seductive retreat that might finally bring release.”
The Iraq War Deserves a Worthy Epitaph
A defense of the Iraq War’s legacy, arguing that the sacrifices of American service members should not be dismissed as defeat. The article contends that the war weakened terrorist forces, helped Iraq move beyond Saddam Hussein’s tyranny, and deserves to be remembered with honor rather than compared simplistically to Vietnam.