- In Letters from an American, historian Heather Cox Richardson remembers George Lawrence Price, the last soldier killed in World War I moments before the scheduled armistice, but dwells on what motivated the German sniper who pulled the trigger.
- At The Moderate Voice, a decorated Air Force officer, now retired, pays tribute to our women veterans.
- On Veterans Day, Dave Dubya remembers a family member, the war in which he served, and the unlearned lessons of that war.
- Libertarian Michael A. LaFerrara knows what those who fought the revolution were fighting for, and what veterans in our armed forces have fought to preserve ever since: free market capitalism.
Well, he is consistent.
- Vagabond Scholar goes to some worthwhile detail on how three military adventures cost money, blood, and democratic principle, and how complacent reporting became complicit.
- Frances Langum has the story via Rachel Maddow. Remember back then American soldiers were injured by an Iranian rocket attack? Mr. Trump absurdly insisted there were no injuries, “just headaches.” Well-l-l-l turns out there was more to the story. Each of the seriously injured was eligible for a Purple Heart. Trump determined that they had damn well better not even apply. He simply did not want to admit he had ever been wrong. About anything. Ever.
So this week the Biden administration awarded the medals our once-upon-a-president had denied them.
And Happy Veterans Day to you, Mr. Trump!
- tengrain at Mock Paper Scissors loves a good metaphor and hears one as David Frum goes Jurassic in explaining what will happen to America if Trump gets back in power.
- Hackwhackers has the official announcement, as Stephen K. Bannon discovers consequences.
- The Palmer Report says it isn’t just l’affaire de Bannon. It turns out the Justice Department, under the authority of the much criticized Attorney General Merrick Garland, is making progress on a number of important fronts.
I happen to have a thought:
- Our favorite Earth-Bound Misfit has a few sentences about the sentences of a couple of insurrectionists who seem to have been stunned that there could be consequences even for them.
This occurs to me:
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