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Showing posts with label Faith in a War Zone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Faith in a War Zone. Show all posts
Saturday, January 10, 2015

Politics and Freedom in "Fury"

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This morning I was reading Hannah Arendt's "The Promise of Politics" on freedom and leadership.  Politics, Arendt says, shoul...
Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Seeing "Fury" for the Fourth Time

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Last night I saw the move Fury for the fourth time.  I was in NYC and saw it with Jim Dao, who covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan fo...
Wednesday, October 29, 2014

"Fury" Brings Back Memories of Tank Gunnery and Life in a Turret.

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On Monday night my son Nigel and three men from Church went to see "Fury" with me.  I re-read books I love and will watch mov...
Saturday, October 25, 2014

Review of "Fury"

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Last night I went to see the movie "Fury" at the 945pm showing.  That meant movie did not start until 1006pm and was not ove...
Tuesday, September 23, 2014

What's Next Neil??

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"What's next Neil?" My riding buddy Chris Peris asked me that question yesterday.  I have been hearing it a lot since ...
Friday, August 29, 2014

Beginning a Friendship at the End of the Ironman Triathlon

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My story of finishing the Ironman Triathlon in Louisville, Kentucky, on Sunday, August 24, will begin with the end--or near the end.  At mil...
Monday, June 2, 2014

Tough Mudder vs. Ironman, Part 2

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Both times I did the Tough Mudder, this was the obstacle that showed me Tough Mudder is a team sport.  At each event I ran as hard as I co...
Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Army Morality

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In other posts I have said how strange, sad, and funny by turns our "morality" lectures were, especially during training for deplo...
Friday, January 29, 2010

An Old Friend's View of an Old Soldier

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On the way home from New York City Thursday night, I called Abel Lopez, one of my two best friends from when I was on active duty in the 19...
Thursday, December 17, 2009

Screwtape Loves Creation Science

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Screwtape: The Devil as a mid-level bureaucrat. We are currently reading Screwtape in the CSL group here in Iraq. I wrote this a few days  ...
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

A Report for the New York CS Lewis Society

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The following is a report I just wrote for the New York CS Lewis Society. I have been a member since 1980 and, as far as I know, the only m...
Tuesday, December 1, 2009

What Does Socialism Look Like? It Looks Like Us.

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When I listen to the TV or radio news commentary from back home I hear political commentators accusing each other of Socialism. Many of tho...
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Sunday, November 29, 2009

Evangelical Icon Fading

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At Chapel today the Chaplain asked the audience "how many people know the name Joni Eareckson?" Three of us raised our hands. I ...
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Saturday, November 28, 2009

Life Here Seems to be on Hold, but Life Goes on Back Home

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Last month the last of the six Gussman brothers died. My father, George, was the fourth of six sons born to two Jewish emigres from Odessa,...
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Friday, November 27, 2009

Ups and Downs

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Last week I mentioned that I have been sending friend messages to my high school classmates on Facebook. After 38 years away from Stoneham,...
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Friday, November 13, 2009

Virgil in the Chow Hall

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Today I ate lunch with one of the cooks who attends the "Dead Poets Society" meetings here on Tallil. We were talking about how t...
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Sunday, November 8, 2009

The Amish Have It Backwards

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No, I don't mean the buggies. The Amish are reputed to avoid getting pictures taken of them because they fear losing their soul. I thi...
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Flags at Half Staff

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All the flags on Camp Adder are at half staff to honor the dead at Fort Hood. One of the national guard brigades where a friend of mine wor...
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Thursday, November 5, 2009

The Race is On!!!!! Task Force Diablo Biathlon on Thanksgiving Morning

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It's Approved. It's on. We are ready to roll!!! The First EVER Task Force Diablo Biathlon begins at 0700 hours on Thursday, Novem...
Tuesday, November 3, 2009

DUST!!!!! and Good Friends

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My big idea about a 1,000-mile month might be dead already. We had a HUGE dust storm today. When I rode to the south side of the base in t...
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