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Commentaries tagged with military and veterans

August 11, 2024	Project 2025 Is a Roadmap to DisasterThe document is alarming enough that former President Trump denied knowledge of its existence.
July 7, 2024	Freedom Is DifficultSimply living in the United States is as easy as it gets, and almost always has been.
May 26, 2024	Why They DiedFor more than 235 years, our soldiers have died bearing true faith and allegiance to the Constitution.
May 12, 2024	The Good, the Bad and the Antisemitic Ugliness on CampusFor every one protesting student, hundreds of others were studying for final exams, completing term papers or preparing end-of-course presentations.
February 18, 2024	NATO Has Secured Our Peace and Prosperity The wars of the 20th century were economic disasters of historic proportion.
November 26, 2023	The Best of ThanksgivingsWhether in times of peace or distress, we always find time to give thanks.
November 12, 2023	Defend Democracies on This Veteran’s DayOur Constitution offers the highest form of a liberal democracy.
October 15, 2023	An Exogenous Economic Shock from HamasArmed conflict is always economically damaging but may spur long-term growth.
October 1, 2023	Another Stupid Government ShutdownShutdowns are often a demonstration of clownsmanship, not statesmanship.
May 29, 2022	Let Us Ask More of Ourselves on Memorial DayToday’s challenges demand an understanding of evolving facts and trends.
March 6, 2022	We are in a Difficult and Costly ConflictThe future belongs to liberal democracies, where respect for individual rights, political freedom and the rule of law are nurtured.
November 10, 2019	A Reunion of VeteransIt is no secret that military service in the U.S. has long been a family business.
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.
October 8, 2017	The Model Speech on Diversity and RespectEstablishing respect for one another is the job of all leaders.
May 28, 2017	Public Corruption through the Prism of Memorial DaySome serve their country nobly, and some do not.
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 21, 2013	Terror Bombings and the Broader EconomyWith the exception of 9/11, we Americans have been spared much of the bombing terror that is a part of life in much of the world.
March 24, 2013	The Iraq War Ten Years OnThe war in Iraq was expensive.
September 12, 2011	September 11th and Shared SacrificeHaving only a few of our citizens bear the direct burden of war is a luxury of the modern age.
May 31, 2011	A New Birth of FreedomThree times as many Hoosiers perished in the Civil War than the nation as a whole has lost to battle since Vietnam.
March 14, 2011	Entitlements, Veterans and Our FutureThe unsanctimonious truth in this matter and a thousand others like it across the country is that our governments—federal, state and local—have made promises they cannot keep.
December 31, 1969	Desert Storm, Twenty Years On . . .A common wartime experience wouldn’t make us agree more, but it should make us more agreeable and less often angry.

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