Entire Town Gifts Triple Amputee Veteran with Dream Wedding

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Residents of Temecula, CA, gifted Marine Corporal Juan Dominguez and his wife, Alexis, with everything they needed for a perfect wedding to show their gratitude for his service to the country.

“I’m a liberal in many ways…I am a six year Army vet and have guns.”

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This comment was by Hank Vandenburgh on the post “A Liberal and a Gun Nut Walk Into a Blog.”

Good Grief

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A generation later, Kile Ozier believes the gay community has still not healed from the ravaging shame and grief that accompanied the AIDS crisis.

“The Soldier, above all other people, prays for peace”

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This comment was by Randy Strauss on G+ I’m reminded of something General Douglas MacArthur said, “The Soldier,  above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the  deepest wounds and scars of war.” But, that is not true. The deepest wounds and scars of war are borne by  the families [...]

From the Mouths of Babes

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John Kevin Dark remembers how he felt in the aftermath of 9-11, and this time decides he will heed the advice of 8-year old Martin Richard.

“I know this kid Dzhokhar Tsarnaev”

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I knew this kid.

Torture, American Style

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Study concludes that US torture after 9/11 had “no justification” and “damaged the standing of our nation.”

On North Korea’s Threats and the Media

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Wilkine Brutus interviews a South Korean and visits the North Korean border.

What a Piece of Work is a Man?

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Ged Naughton searches for tre masculinity in the 21st century, through the story of war and a grassroots soccer team in Liberia

Is American Hyphenated?

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An Aussie soldier challenges his Yank counterpart to drop the hyphen from his American identity.

Heads of the Hydra or, The End of Rape

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It takes more than education on consent to stop rape, but it is a vital chapter in a new story of what we all want: a world without rape.

What Does It Mean to Be a Man? U of Calgary Students Respond

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How do students feel about manhood and masculinity today?

“Imagine spending your day making life and death decisions for people no one has seen and then going home and trying to fit in with ‘the real world’.”

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These are comments by Lizard, Tom, and Richard Aubrey on the post “From the Office Where Soldiers Kill”.

Steubenville Will Keep Happening … Until We Change This

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We can’t address rape culture without taking a long, hard look at our war culture.

From the Office Where Soldiers Kill

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Does it take a special kind of courage to be a combat soldier—who pulls the trigger from an office, thousands of miles away?

Navy Vet Faces Jail Time For Treating PTSD With Marijuana

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Jeremy Usher says, “The court systems are very black and white, and PTSD is the definition of gray area. They’re not acknowledging the gray area.”