just a marine

The world does not stop while the United States is distracted by Iraq Or, while the cat is away, the mice will play. In the history of the w...

For lack of knowing what to do, we do what we know. We are a sharp nation and possess a sharp military. The old Vietnam term the “best and t...

What is the National Interest? First there are current events. The war in Iraq and the Global War on Terrorism take much of our best people’...

The Iraq analogy, and how do I explain? There is much friction in our country about how things have gone in our campaign in Iraq. I think mo...

Kids can be mean to each other, and devious…what’s new mom and dad? Getting older can have advantages such as having heard it before. Such i...

Let’s wait and see about the new democratic control of congress Here’s why. We the people have elected many new representatives to the cong...

Thrashing back at our politicians Our national politicians in congress have alarmed me. Mostly it is the old time democrats who have assumed...

America is the future, bumpy though the road may be This article is about all our personal and national integration efforts of bringing form...

Do American politicians know how to fight wars in pursuit of national objectives? This is a difficult article to write because I fear any cr...

How knowledgeable about the Middle East area are we Americans? I am not sure of the answer the more I listen and read and use my prior educa...

Sex as young people, has anything changed? The buzz word today is: a friend, with privileges. To this naïve old guy this means she puts out....

Sometimes you have to fight for your way of life I never thought I would get to this point of even mentioning the subject. It is all too obv...

It’s a wash I’ve just read another D.C. based article about the near political future. It’s boring for one who seeks to be an informed citiz...

Maybe America may survive The times they are a changing. The recent takeover of Congress by the Democratic Party says many things. One thi...

It is a privilege in life to live and vote in the USA There is much friction in our country, mostly about are we a best society the world ca...

I think we won in Vietnam…a long term perspective from the 60’s to today Why should I even bring this subject up? We all know America lost t...

The American political world has changed, and DC and pundits don’t get it…yet I would not even write about this except for two headlines I s...

Hope for our future…the American people have voted for it Boy, have I been surprised! I always assumed if the Democratic Party took over Con...

Going down the tubes…and we voted for it We have a wonderful country compared to the rest of the world. We can screw...

Over intellectualizing, and steadfastness In wars, physical combat, one can win buy killing the enemy and reconstructing their society in th...