WestTexasBliss

No people ever recognize their dictator in advance.

He never stands for election on the platform of dictatorship. He always represents himself as the instrument of the “A Free America,” “Service to the Lord,” or some other useful, supercilious buzzwords.

You can depend on the fact that our Dictator is one of the boys, and he […]

Growing Problem for Military Recruiters: Parents

Rachel Rogers, a single mother of four in upstate New York, did not worry about the presence of National Guard recruiters at her son’s high school until she learned that they taught students how to throw hand grenades, using baseballs as stand-ins. For the last month […]

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State of the ArtTheir War

Fobbits, Milblogs

By Daniel Schulman

Ernie Pyle, the legendary correspondent, understood soldiers. He knew how they marched, how they mourned, how they endured. With few exceptions, the coverage coming out of Iraq today doesn’t portray the grunts in the same deeply personal light. It is a different era, and most journalists have never […]

If you have been named executor for a friend or family member, keep in mind that this is your final act of friendship. The deceased trusted you enough to give you this responsibility. You should be honored by that trust as you fulfill your duties as executor.

~ BackyardPit