Category Archives: Culture

Defending a defender

Posted on 29 November 2010 by dlhitzeman

If you are in the Fairborn, Ohio area and are free from 0900-1100 tomorrow, Tuesday, 30 November, you can help defend one of our fallen defenders by helping to screen his family from the evil human beings who plan to … Continue reading →

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Veteran’s Day 2010

Posted on 11 November 2010 by dlhitzeman

I need to talk to my brothers and sisters in arms–those who have served, who are serving, and who will yet serve–for a second. I don’t mind if the rest of you listen in, but this post is addressed to … Continue reading →

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McChrystal’s Box

Posted on 22 June 2010 by dlhitzeman

The Obama administration faces a crisis that has tested governments time and again: a general commanding a theater of operations who is not afraid to speak his mind or carve out his own direction. General Stanley McChrystal made his willingness … Continue reading →

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Fighting war in the public eye

Posted on 6 April 2010 by dlhitzeman

The recent release of a previously classified military video by the website WikiLeaks has once again reignited the firestorm over the nature of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. A central thesis of the people who oppose the war(s) based … Continue reading →

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Constitutions, oaths, and people

Posted on 30 March 2010 by dlhitzeman

There seems to be some confusion running around on the internet about the nature of the government of our nation, its founding document, the oath sworn by military members relative to that government and document, and the people. Let me … Continue reading →

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