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October 2007

October 04, 2007

Al Gore’s got my vote!

(Via Instapundit.) He gets it. Al Gore understands Iraq's connection to terrorism and Saddam's murderous...

October 02, 2007

No “Phoney” Solider: Gang Member to Navy Cross winner

A very interesting column written by Marco Martinez, a former gang member and a Marine...

September 2007

September 18, 2007

“Hell is over.” Press seems uninterested

Read. Enlightening. And apparently uninteresting to the increasingly incurious press.

September 18, 2007

Hillary missed “Mister Soldier” moment

I was struck to read this piece from Richard Cohen, a good writer who is...

June 2007

June 05, 2007

Quote of the week from Mrs. Hayden

"The woman sitting in front of us was very upset and asked me how I...

May 2007

May 29, 2007

Sheehan’s usefulness played out, she’s gone

So, Cindy Sheehan's overlong 15 minutes have come to a slightly whiney close as she...

January 2007

January 15, 2007

Lamb & Dragon: Counter Terrorism with Love – UPDATED

I think I can count on my hands the number of times I have revisited...

January 11, 2007

Speech and reactions – UPDATES

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the...

January 09, 2007

And I’m still not a war-blogger

I am informed that Mr. Eric Boehlert has (for the third time) referenced this post...

January 01, 2007

A fine and gallant man…

Jeanette at Hang Right Politics highlights this moving story of a father-and-soldier's message to his...

December 2006

December 21, 2006

Sir, that’s not quite what I said

Regular readers know I generally do not respond to criticisms of this blog by other...

December 20, 2006

Pat Conroy proves my father right

When I was a little girl, the nightly news was full of young men dying...

December 15, 2006

Military responses to Kerry and Rangel

Hadn't seen it myself, but thanks to reader Piano Girl, I've had a chance to...

August 2006

August 21, 2006

Ben Stein gives us the bad medicine we need

Yes, it's horrible tasting stuff, this piece by Ben Stein in the NY Times, but...

June 2006

June 21, 2006

A Happy 6’7″ Merchant Marine and the CIC

A great story about innocent joy, persistance and hard work. Gabriel Whitney says he did...

June 20, 2006

The Geneva Convention doesn’t fit, here

It is very difficult to read the news of the deaths of our kidnapped soldiers....

June 14, 2006

Pulling out, doing good and happy talk

Sometimes someone emails me and says "remember when you wrote this?" And I have to...

June 12, 2006

So-Called Christians who make me ill

John Stephenson has a video up of this Phelps-Roper woman spewing her disgusting "bible-based" rhetoric....

June 08, 2006

al-Zarqawi Dead UPDATED

The story is everywhere and being written on by better writers than I, so I'll...

March 2006

March 29, 2006

Lend a hand, say a prayer, shed a tear…

Call this the "Touch-yer-heart Roundup" First the Lend a Hand: Julie at Happy Catholic and...

March 23, 2006

Jacoby misses Mike Kelly, too

I mentioned in passing to someone, yesterday, that I missed Michael Kelly. This excellent piece...

March 15, 2006

Surrender is the only acceptable option?

AJ Strata says that it sounds like the Democrats will accept nothing less than full...

March 15, 2006

No Purple Heart for an Inside Attack?

This is rather surprising to me. Kokonutpundits write: It has come to my attention, quite...

March 07, 2006

An Act of War?

Funny the stuff you miss when you go away and come back. You scan the...

February 2006

February 27, 2006

“Saint Piro” – she’s “just that good!”

I love this story: Buzzing over this northern Iraqi city in her Kiowa scout helicopter,...

February 22, 2006

A Wake for an Indian Warrior

“He earns the American flag from his government,” says Vietnam veteran John Around Him. “He...

February 12, 2006

Soldiers Angels, From Here to There

Holly Aho is the foundress of Soldier's Angels, an organization dedicated to giving glad help...

January 2006

January 17, 2006

Slain Soldier and Daughters of St. Paul

My L'il bro Thom sends this along - a story of a young life lived...

December 2005

December 20, 2005

American GI’s and kids…

Memo to John Kerry: You might want to stop carrying on about American troops terrorizing...

December 14, 2005

Those serving understand…

Instapundit links to a great op-ed piece in today's WaPo, written by Maj. Ben Connable,...