Tag Archives: Afghanistan

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.

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.

Interview with veteran and author Jonathan Rabb, author of "Flight of the Blue Falcon".

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.

Two of the documentaries at the Anthem Film Festival caused my brain to do a reboot.

'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.

Journalist examines how the "us vs. them" approach toward the war on terrorism led the U.S. astray in Afghanistan

Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell's tragic story of his unit's fatal 2005 mission is badly recounted in a hamfisted, jingoistic torture porn.

Recovery from the effects of PTSD takes time, but first one must seek help

Historical change tends to happen in big leaps, rather than by gradual evolution.