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Lessons from America’s first veteran

Colorado Springs GazetteBy admin November 11, 2018 Leave a comment

*Note: This essay was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on November 11, 2018. It can also be found online here. This month, Maj. Brent Taylor of the Utah Army National Guard — who was also the mayor of North Ogden, Utah — was killed in Afghanistan. His voice may now be silent, but his…

To Fight Zika, Send in National Guard

Commentary & Analysis, Foreign Policy, StrategyBy admin May 26, 2016 Leave a comment

*Note: This essay first appeared at Foreign Policy on May 26, 2016, and then ran with the Chicago Tribune on May 27, 2016. (PDF available here.) Ever since the Bible lumped pestilence and war together as two of the Apocalypse’s four horsemen, the military has fought disease. Zika, with over 1,000 confirmed cases and one death…