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Home of the Brave

Remember when you could sing “the land of the free and the home of the brave” with pride? More than 43,000 veterans declared “medically unfit” for combat by doctors have been sent back to Afghanistan or Iraq. An additional 58,000 soldiers have been caught in stop-loss.  Read more
07/02/2008

Deadbeat Patriots

I read in the paper about “deadbeat parents” who want the intimacy, companionship, sharing of duties, the solace of family without the responsibility. I hear in church about “deadbeat Christians” who want the community, communion, consolation of church without its obligations. I never hear about “deadbeat patriots” who want the rights and privileges of citizenship but believe duty is a dirty word.  Read more
04/24/2008