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Thank A Veteran

by Richard Today, in America, we celebrate Veteran’s Day. This is the day we set aside to honor those of our fellow countrymen and women who have served time as part of our armed forces. What with the wars in Afghanistan and in Iraq, as well as in various hotspots around the globe, we’ve owe [...]

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Shooting The Dove

by Richard Today marks the ninth anniversary of the day when terrorists used airplanes as weapons, destroying the World Trade Center, damaging the Pentagon, killing passengers, firefighters, cops and just normal folks. Around 3,000 people lost their lives in the attack and its aftermath. For a brief, shining moment, we stood tall as Americans and [...]

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Remembering

by Richard Today is Memorial Day here in the United States. It’s a day we set aside to honor those members of the military who died during their service. And also barbecue. But mostly the remembrance. The holiday was first enacted to honor the Union war dead following the American Civil War, but was expanded [...]

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