their passions and their magnificent obsessions” – and creating an archive of my work. Just give it a visit and you’ll see within seconds, certainly minutes, how that tagline of passions and obsessions gets expressed in the stories posted there. The blog is heavy in arts,...
Savage was a Chief Master Sergeant and had achieved as much rank as possible in the enlisted ranks as an E-9. He had five years more time in service than the colonel, and at age 43, was a year older, but Harding was an O-6 and military protocol dictated that enlisted always defer ...
“Waiting is a skill like anything else.” And we waited. And now Jack Reacher is back! Alan Ritchson plays our favorite retired military police officer-turned-investigator in this explosive new series.—OR Bad Sisters,Limited Series (Apple TV +) This wonderful ten-episode miniseries follows th...
Written by a retired Lt. Colonel with over 32 years of military experience and recognized for excellence by President Barack Obama. From the author of COMBAT ESSAYS, AMERICAN HISTORY, a Veterans Perspective, and CHILDREN'S GOLF. Have you ever wondered what it is like to fight in a war?
You would be tempted to say this is not just about the Democratic Republic of the Congo, this is not just about Africa, it is about our humanity, about those that increasingly left behind as the detritus of capitalism and rank bigotry of the moneyed class, Donald Trump’s new victims, ...
I had expected this novel to be about a fictitious invasion of Taiwan, but the only activities by the Chinese military are the firing of a hypersonic missile by a Chinese warship, the taking over of a tiny Taiwanese island, and preparations to take over Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company...
I know that many of the national opinion-makers, starting with Walter Cronkite, soured the public’s view toward its own military, but there are other factors, too. Some of them did not come from domestic sources. March 29, 2016 has been designated as a day to honor Vietnam Veterans. ...
It might have spoilt the display a bit, if you were minded for military precision. The minute you notice it, you can’t help but see that all the others are more or less teetering, too. Ladders are definitely not parallel. One or two athletes didn’t get the order to wear the dark...
John Wick inJohn Wick: Wick garners our sympathy enough that we want him to succeed, but he's a retired hitman without much motive other than revenge which makes him an antihero. Antihero Examples from Game of Thrones Game of Thrones, based on theA Song of Ice and Fireseries by George ...
Jimmy is dealing with PTSD from his military service and his work as a cop. On top of that, one of his best friends from the Army committed suicide and his cheating spouse left his retired K-9, Jax, to Jimmy. He has older brother syndrome to boot because they grew up ...