By Mark | November 11, 2018
There are a lot of reasons not to like Donald Trump. Some, admittedly, are better than others. Today, I have a really trivial one to add to the list… Given his antics in Europe right now, he’s forcing me to change my annual post about how I prefer Armistice Day to Veterans’ Day. Here’s what […]
Posted in History, Mark's Life, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1918, Aisne-Marne, ambient audio, Angela Merkel, Armistice Day, Balkans, Baltics, Belleau Wood, Ben Rhodes, budget cuts, Canada, caravans, David Frum, Department of Veterans Affairs, Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron, Estonia, Florida, France, Germany, historic audio, Hooters, Imperial War Museum, Joe Dunford, John Kelly, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Justin Trudeau, Kurt Vonnegut, Latvia, Le Monde, Lithuania, Marine One, Marines, nationalism, NATO, Paris, peace, racism, rain, River Moselle, unfounded accusations, veterans, Veterans' Day, Vladimir Putin, war, Winston Churchill, World War I, Yugoslavia |
By Mark | November 11, 2013
I don’t dislike the military. I think we, as a nation, spend far too much on it, and I think that we’d ultimately be better served by investing a great deal of that money on education, alternative energy research and any number of other things instead, but, in general, I don’t have an issue with […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Observations, Other | Also tagged 1918, Armistice Day, Breakfast of Champions, Kurt Vonnegut, military, military spending, Veterans' Day, WWI, WWII |
