A progressive Pentagon? Talk about an oxymoron! The Pentagon continues to grow and surge with ever larger budgets, ever more expansive missions (for example,…

I can still remember my parents singing a somewhat cleaned-up version of the World War I-era song “You’re in the Army Now.”…

All around us things are falling apart. Collectively, Americans are experiencing national and imperial decline. Can America save itself? Is this country,…

I turn 60 this year. My health is generally good, though I have aches and pains from a form of arthritis. I’m…

My name is Bill Astore and I’m a card-carrying member of the military-industrial complex (MIC). Sure, I hung up my military uniform…

More than two millennia ago, in the History of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides recounted a disastrous conflict Athens waged against Sparta. A masterwork…

American schools are soft, you say? I know what you mean. I taught college for 15 years, so I’ve dealt with my…

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