Opinion

"I was most shocked when I learned about what life was like when the veterans came back from war."

"During eighth grade, my perception of war was how Hollywood portrayed it: blood and death, and bullets and bombs."

"Whenever I have the honor of spending time with our troops, I am inspired and strengthened by their honor and resolve."

For a long time, I thought military service fit on one of two sides of a coin. It was either war, meaning combat and fighting...

In January 2021, I sat down with my granddad, Ken Marschner, and asked him questions I had never thought to ask.

"I needed to be protective about my ability as a defender, so I used my reasoning to protect myself, while I illogically...

"The story of Odysseus is the story of the day after -- what happens when the battle is done?"

"I wanted him to feel that shiver up the spine we all feel, that I've felt, when our awkward lies are revealed."

While the involvement of Saudi and Israeli fighters in the same mission is significant, that development does not necessarily...

"Powell mixed an innate sense of fierce pride with a sometimes self-deprecating attitude that communicated an air of...