military
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Ethics, Professionalism, Common Sense Tossed Away In Donald Trump White House
“These young beautiful girls, these young beautiful girls, these young beautiful girls in the White House, they come in. Now I’m not supposed to say beautiful, but what the hell. These young, these gorgeous, beautiful girls, they want to be safe and they come say Mr. President, thank you, sir.” There’s a particular creepy chill… Continue reading
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Testosterone Testing For The Military, How About Reading Tests?
I trust my husband completely. But when he told me, as we were setting the table for dinner, that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will now annually screen service members’ testosterone levels and offer testosterone replacement therapy, framing it as a way to keep troops on the leading edge of lethality, I wondered if I needed… Continue reading
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Witnessing A Betrayal Of American Ideals With Trump’s Military On City Streets
One of my favorite reads, The Glory And The Dream by William Manchester, was first read when in high school. (The two-volume treasured hardcover set is on bookshelves above where I now type this column.) The first 20 pages tells the gripping story of President Herbert Hoover ordering the U.S. Army, led by General Douglas MacArthur, to… Continue reading
Caffeinated Politics 