New novel, 'A Failed State' by Andrew E. Coussens, set in Afghanistan, is full of action and internal conflict while bringing the conflict alive in disturbing detail.
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Theater Review (NYC): LaBute New Theater Festival at 59E59
The six short plays comprising the LaBute New Theater Festival might have been collectively titled 'Love and Murder,' two themes clearly on the playwrights' minds.
Read More »Interview: Jonathan Raab, Author of ‘Flight of the Blue Falcon’
Interview with veteran and author Jonathan Rabb, author of "Flight of the Blue Falcon".
Read More »Flash Fiction: Memorial Days of Future Past
Mom stands and looks at me with watery blue eyes. She feared losing Dad in Vietnam and instead lost him in a different war against cancer. No matter what the battle, the losses are the hardest thing to fathom or accept.
Read More »Anthem Film Fest: Mind Reboot
Two of the documentaries at the Anthem Film Festival caused my brain to do a reboot.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Brothers Forever’ by Col. Tom Manion and Tom Sileo
'Brothers Forever' will touch the reader, no matter your political stripe. It's a story about people, who just happen to be soldiers as well.
Read More »Book Review: ‘No Good Men Among the Living’ by Anand Gopal
Journalist examines how the "us vs. them" approach toward the war on terrorism led the U.S. astray in Afghanistan
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Lone Survivor’
Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell's tragic story of his unit's fatal 2005 mission is badly recounted in a hamfisted, jingoistic torture porn.
Read More »Seeking Wellness: Veterans With PTSD
Recovery from the effects of PTSD takes time, but first one must seek help
Read More »Book Review: ‘Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century’ by Christian Caryl
Historical change tends to happen in big leaps, rather than by gradual evolution.
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