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July 21, 2019	Remembering Apollo 11I remember clearly the night of the landing, the grainy images on a small black and white TV, and the suited newscaster.
July 7, 2019	Independence Day ReflectionsPersonal liberty in the US has broadly expanded in both breadth and depth.
May 26, 2019	Honoring Our War Dead Demands Honoring the ConstitutionThe experiences of military service draw out the best and worst in soldiers.
November 11, 2018	Some Real Lessons of Veteran’s DayI think myself lucky to have been a soldier of this nation.
May 24, 2015	A Lesson from Guadalcanal on Memorial DayThe things that divide us matter less than those things that unite us.
August 3, 2014	A Century After the Great WarWWI triggered dramatic change that we can still feel today around the world.
May 25, 2014	The VA and Broken PromisesA promise of nearly infinite health care to any large group of people will have a nearly infinite cost.
April 30, 2012	The Hunger Games and FreedomWhat has kept me in a three-week state of shock is the message on values our kids are getting from this work.
July 5, 2010	4th of July OptimismIn truly free societies, it is the dogged optimism of small scale economic actors that propels growth.

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