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"Goodnight, Chesty"

I had never heard of "Chesty Puller" until reading this piece just now, but it...

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Veteran's Day; Soldiers & Saints

Fr. Tim Vakoc, Military Chaplain, RIP A Hero is as a Hero Does Nice posts...

June 2010

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Obama-McChrystal-Petraeus Reactions

On NPR this afternoon, I heard a report that some military folk on the ground...

June 01, 2010

A belated Memorial Day Must-Read

Check this out, by Anthony Esolen, on The Soldier's Rough Charity ". . .we look...

May 2010

May 30, 2010

Memorial Day: Heroes

Remembering the heroism of Staff Sgt. Martin Richburg , who did this in 2006: Staff...

May 28, 2010

A Family of Heroes

If you are looking around and feeling like the world is bereft of heroes, allow...

May 22, 2010

The North Platte Canteen

Since the Greatest Generation came up here, thought I'd share this, from reader Dennis S....

March 2010

March 20, 2010

Year of the Priest: Military

Excerpts from a great photo essay on military chaplains, coming to us via the Crescat,...

March 16, 2010

US Flag not flying in Haiti Relief Compound?

Other nations are proudly flying their flags as they assist Haiti in recovering from a...

January 2010

January 07, 2010

Random Must-Reads

Collected in my tab-bar since I started feeling cruddy - might as well share with...

January 06, 2010

Funk, Priesthood, Military & Jobs – UPDATED

I know that header could describe the state of the whole nation, right now; we're...

December 2009

December 02, 2009

Obama's West Point Speech

AP Photo, before the speech The president is doing the right thing, and he deserves...

November 2009

November 23, 2009

Tactical Surrender Afghanistan? NO!

:::POST UPDATE, 11/24/09::: Steve Schippert posts that the US Embassy in Kabul denies this story....

November 16, 2009

"Un-American" to oppose KSM trial in NYC

During the Bush administration, we heard the frequent straw-man charges, from the Democrats and the...

November 10, 2009

Ft Hood Memorial – UPDATED

Photo Cribbed from Ace Military people, cops and firefighters know how to honor their dead,...

September 2009

September 22, 2009

Lib Blog: Afghan support was a political tactic

It's refreshing to hear the truth, even if the truth is a shameful one that...

September 21, 2009

"They're my nukes…" Let's eat cake.

Remember the Irishman in Braveheart who declared that Ireland, "is my island!" Seems President Obama...

September 07, 2009

Happy Labor Day!

As you gather with your families today, for one last cookout, enjoying your easily-purchased beer,...

August 2009

August 31, 2009

"The stuff priests are made of…" UPDATED

Wow, a great photo via the Crescat, who recounts the story she found here and...

July 2009

July 16, 2009

Defending Nuns, Popes, Freedom, Life…

Some interesting pieces and subjects that I have been too busy to post on this...

July 14, 2009

Palin, Obama & Not quite pulled together yet

I know it must seem like I'm being lazy and not attending to my work...

June 2009

June 12, 2009

George H.W. Bush; Birthday Appreciation

Today is the 85th Birthday of our 41st President, George H. W. Bush. I believe...

June 08, 2009

One of THOSE round-ups

Yes, this is going to be one of THOSE round-ups, where I clear off all...

June 03, 2009

Tiller, Long & Presidential action -UPDATE

I became mightily annoyed with a commenter yesterday here. He took some exception to my...

February 2009

February 05, 2009

Obama: Drop AlQaeda charges & stop drilling Utah – UPDATED

Okay, I think I'm done. No one can say I was not exceedingly fair to...

January 2009

January 31, 2009

Iraqis get the hang of voting! Obama ignores.

You're looking at Liberty, touching the future... (Essam al-Sudani/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images) "Democracy! Whiskey!...

January 30, 2009

Telling it straight: Must reads – UPDATED

Charles Krauthammer gets it exactly right in this piece: In these most recent 20 years...

January 17, 2009

Flattered & Blushing linkaround – UPDATED

Amazing footage: US Air Splashdown. Watching those people evacuate is really something. Thank God for...

January 14, 2009

Longest. Linkaround. Evah.

Settle in for a long 'un, kiddies. Start here (h/t Ann Althouse): Hey, according to...

December 2008

December 19, 2008

"Movement" voters and other things

Just thought you might be interested in this - a buncha Catholics sittin' around gassing...