Military service

Join Us In Honoring Those Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice For Freedom

Thank You To All Who’ve Served Our Country and Defended Our Freedoms

We are free because courageous men and women have put country first. Let’s thank them all and remember what it is we’re fighting to preserve.

Memorial Day

As I have said repeatedly, this is the day we honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice defending what legislators so cavalierly vote away. We can’t go on living this…

You might be a progressive if…

…you believe that an over 21 year old adult who can sign contracts, buy property, serve in the military, drink alcohol, etc. cannot be trusted to purchase health care without…

On Veteran's Day: Heroes. And Their Dogs.

If this series of dogs welcoming their masters home after they served our country does not catch you up a bit, you might be a complete bastard. Or a cat…

What was his MOS?

No journalist has yet to have asked what the MOS (Military Occupational Specialty) of this shooter was. We know he was a converted Muslim, from reports, but what was his…

For Your Funny Bone

Beware! Some people driving around with military symbols on their license plates may be impostors! To date, there is no legislation preventing persons from getting those plates with no proof…

The missing words

What’s missing from this Memorial Day editorial in The News & Observer? The word “thanks.” Instead, it urges us to think, pray, ponder and wonder about the war dead, but…

Tom McInerney calls for Kerry resignation

The retired three-star, familiar to attendees at John Locke Foundation Headliner events, called Sen. John Kerry’s comments on Monday “despicable” and says, “It’s like being in the Battle of the…

Call to Duty: Boots on the Ground

Those folks who carry the signs near Brightleaf Square and the lady in Trinity Park who celebrates every combat death on a tote board in her yard need to watch…

Murtha again

I think John Murtha may be the best argument yet that people who have served in combat shouldn’t be trusted with decisions during wartime.

Re: Best He Could Do?

Or you could look at it this way: would Bush Sr., war hero that he is, allow his son to evade service? Regardless of what you think of the family,…