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There is no more consequential decision a president makes than committing the nation to war. There is a process of getting congressional approval to declare war and a full explanation to the American people of why war is justified and what the goals and end game are. The current Trump war got none of that.

The last time I wrote about a birthday I was sixty-five and I called it “The Last Birthday”. I wrote about the significant birthdays in our lives turning eighteen, then twenty-one, and finally sixty-five and what those milestones represented in our lives. I was looking forward to more birthdays. But now I’m rethinking this “Last

Just when we thought he couldn’t shock us and outrage us any more with his behavior. Trump continues to do everything to divide us with his narcissistic personality, the constant need for admiration. But it’s always the wrong kind of attention.We have seen the signs and actions that told us he was a racist and

“From the time he was three, we knew he wanted to be in the military.” Barton Humlhanz’s mother, Michele said. “He tried to join the military in high school. Bart wanted to be a military police officer. When he graduated, there was no openings in the army for a military police officer. The army said

This is the time of year we look back on the good and the bad. We can all argue about what we think should be included on which list. I have my own list of people who showed us examples of those not afraid to make sacrifices to stare down the world’s bully. They are

Mia Tretta was in her dorm room with a friend at Brown University last Saturday when she got an alert warning about an emergency at the engineering building. She thought it couldn’t be a shooting. We all know now it was a shooting that killed two students and wounded nine. The Associated Press spoke with

“He was a great kid, an All American boy. He went through Pennridge High School. He was a varsity football player, defensive end. That was his passion.” Bob Mininger’s mother Paula said he also had an interest in computer engineering and went to Montgomery County Community College. “Then he realized he didn’t want to sit

  “He was born to be a soldier,” says Brian Faunce’s mother Judy. He was born in the eleventh hour, on the eleventh day, of the eleventh month, November 11 Veterans’ Day. Brian was the middle child with an older and younger sister. He stood his own if his sisters would gang up on him.

It’s been a week since Halloween when everyone is supposed to be a little frightened of ghosts and kids pulling pranks. But this week should scare the hell out of all of us. Let’s see, on Halloween night Trump was hosting a “Gatsby” themed dinner party at Mar-a-Logo while forty-two million Americans were facing losing

Kris Stonesifer was a curious and active kid. In our interview on Face Time, his mother Ruth described him as into everything. “From stunt riding bicycles to jujitsu, he was a black belt in karate very early on at the Y. He was an individual kind of sportsman. I always describe him as a vegan