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Father Vincent Capodanno and the Meaning of “Sacrifice”
Tweet Summary: As we move into what look like some difficult years, we can gain strength from Americans of the past. They pass on to us their history — and an implicit burden. To care for our...
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Old Corps? New Corps? It Doesn’t Matter as Long as it’s Marine Corps!
Tweet Summary: Looking at the long road ahead that leads to reclaiming America, and perhaps to a Third Republic, can inspire depression or even despair. What can motivate us to undertake this great...
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Fortune Favors the Brave – a look at the Marines aboard the USS Constitution
Tweet Summary: Events of the 20th century brought conventional war to an apotheosis. WWII was the great war, a climax to 3 millenia of evolution. Which is why our military so misses it. 4GW, the...
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I’ll Be Home for Christmas – Marines in WWII
Tweet Summary: On Christmas we present this historical note, about the sacrifices made by our armed forces to allow us to peacefully celebrate this holiday in our homes as free men and women. The...
View ArticleWhy do men fight wars? (part one of two)
Tweet Summary: One of the great mysteries of history is why men fight wars. Peace and prosperity in the 21st century might depend on understanding and managing these forces in a world caught in a...
View ArticleWhy do men fight wars? (part two of two)
Tweet Summary: One of the great mysteries of history is why men fight wars. Peace and prosperity in the 21st century might depend on understanding and managing these forces in a world caught in a...
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A lesson from history about wasted valor, for which a price might be asked of...
Tweet Summary: Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the other small wars we have and are fought. All fruitless in terms of our nation’s needs. All fought at great personal cost by our troops, up to and...
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