Returning from Iraq
I haven't posted to a blog since leaving Iraq. I had intended to continue writing about the war once I got home, but soon after returning I discovered that the transition to civilian life was not going...
View ArticleThe holidays have changed...
Originally I intended to put up another post within a week or two, but two things caught me up: the usual pressures of teaching--grading papers, sending out reports, planning classes, dealing with...
View ArticleToo Many Deaths
The networks are all indulging in a feeding frenzy over Saddam Hussein's execution, which I'm sure surprises no one by now. But lost in our extended Two Minute Hate are so many more deaths.
View ArticleFree at last, free at last...
My apologies to the Rev. Martin Luther King, but not long ago I ended my commitment to the military. After 20 years of service--active, Reserve, and Guard--I can honestly say that I'm beyond pleased to...
View ArticleFrom the VA to Iraq and Back
I've never tried to put myself forward as the poster child for pain & suffering. God knows there are so many more vets whose experience of war and its aftermath are quantum leaps greater than mine....
View ArticleA Gathering of Chickenhawks
Last weekend, my wife & daughter drove up to Kennebunkport, ME (summer haunt of the Bush family) to join about 4,000 others in protesting against the Iraq war. It's always great to see friends...
View ArticleGuess I'm another phony soldier...
at least in Rush Limbaugh's lexicon. By now many have heard of this bottom-feeding chickenhawk's assessment of anti-war veterans. Frankly, his lies & inanities ceased to bother me a long time ago;...
View ArticleThe PTSD Coma
Several years ago I read an article about patients coming out of comas. The TV version--waking up to suddenly find ten years has passed--is not typical. Instead, the reawakening is more of a gradual...
View ArticleHere's something we can do for vets...
First of all, I want to thank everyone who posted comments on my last entry. I appreciate more deeply than I can express the kind words and thoughts, as well as the honesty and openness about how wide...
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