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His Mom Found His Pot May. 02, 2025
A word on generations. I'm from the "his mom found his pot" generation, which, speaking in substance... Read More
The Tragic March of 2021: Will It Ever End Well? Aug. 18, 2021
WASHINGTON — The year 2021 is so far framed by the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot and the Aug. 15 fa... Read More
Fixing the Biden Bug Out in Afghanistan Aug. 10, 2021
"Those who fail to heed history are doomed to repeat it." This aphorism has been attributed to Edmun... Read More
Trip to Vietnam Reconfirmed my Hatred of Communism Feb. 02, 2021
Ten years ago, I wrote a column reflecting on my reactions to visiting Vietnam. Given the lack of re... Read More
Sure, Let's Talk About the Vietnam War Apr. 30, 2020
As many news organizations have noted, in just three months the American death toll from the coronav... Read More
Build Those Walls! Aug. 05, 2019
The city where I live, an undistinguished place in Massachusetts, is getting ready to build a replic... Read More
Lies the Liar Tells Jun. 15, 2019
When politicians talk in private, they regularly use a cruel shorthand. For example, a candidate who... Read More
'We' Once Did Fight Wars Jun. 08, 2019
Beneath the perfectly manicured lawns and under the pines and elm trees at the Normandy cemetery lie... Read More
Rolling Thunder: The Parade These Warriors Never Got May. 29, 2019
WASHINGTON — I heard Rolling Thunder at my window overlooking Massachusetts and Wisconsin Aven... Read More
Military Roles Don't Distinguish Between the Sexes; Neither Should the Draft Mar. 05, 2019
With greater equality comes greater responsibility. That's essentially what a federal judge said in ... Read More
Please Speak Ill of the Dead Aug. 31, 2018
"Too soon!" That was a standard response to my criticisms of John McCain after his death. My cartoon... Read More
With Nixon in '68: The Year America Came Apart Apr. 27, 2018
On the night of Jan. 31, 1968, as tens of thousands of Viet Cong guerrillas attacked the major citie... Read More
50 Years of White What-ifs Apr. 04, 2018
America's white working class has never had a champion more eloquent than the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther... Read More
Democracy Is Not a Spectator Sport Sep. 29, 2017
Take me to the protest. Let's meet out on the streets: at a National Football League game, a law sch... Read More
'It Never Ends' Sep. 27, 2017
Before I started attending Kent State in the fall of 1975, I was a kid living in small-town Ashtabul... Read More
The Vietnam Syndrome: How We Lost It, Why We Need It Sep. 21, 2017
In Kabul, Afghanistan, American Embassy personnel who want to meet with their counterparts at the ne... Read More
The Vietnam War 2017 Sep. 16, 2017
Three aging U.S. veterans of the war in Vietnam, each of whom still bears the scars of battle, took ... Read More
Why Are Service-Injured Veterans Getting the Runaround? Jul. 05, 2016
The time has come. The Pentagon and Department of Veterans Affairs must stop dragging their feet. Th... Read More
History Is Watching Jun. 11, 2016
On Nov. 30, 1967, I stood in the caucus room of what is now called the Russell Senate Office Buildin... Read More
Politics Becomes Theater of the Absurd May. 27, 2016
The Theater of the Absurd was the vogue of the '60s, when the cry was "anything goes." and everythin... Read More
