Tag: Luke Ryan

He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.” ― Confucius Dogs are largely misunderstood across the United States. While they are generally treated better here than in other countries, many owners aren’t aware of some serious issues dogs can struggle with. For example, if a dog goes absolutely ballistic when their owners come home, whining […]

Last month, Boko Haram took 110 schoolgirls hostage in Nigeria and almost all of them have been released in Dapchi, Nigeria, the town from which they were taken. Boko Haram was seen driving truckloads of the girls back into town and letting them go. Reports of the exact numbers are still coming in and discrepancies […]

“Whenever I sit down at McDonald’s, I scan for exits. I look for reflective surfaces so I can see all angles of all those who come and go. I figure out who might be the greatest threat, and I think of at least two weapons within reach that I could use to defend myself.” I’ve […]

President Franklin D. Roosevelt has been well revered as one of the greatest presidents the United States as known.  He navigated the country through the Great Depression, and he would be the one to declare war on Japan in 1941 and lead the United States through the majority of WWII. And on March 22, 1933, […]

Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis has been touring the world, bolstering relationships with foreign nations like Vietnam and Indonesia. Mattis was in Oman just on 11 March, and has since left for other nations in the region. On Friday, he traveled to Bahrain to meet with the King, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and his son, the […]

1988 — Imagine the streets flooded with thousands upon thousands of protesters for months on end. Imagine police stations getting ransacked, protesters continuously demanding the resignation of the country’s leader, university students starting further rioting throughout the country — imagine soldiers, under direction from the authorities, opening fire on unarmed civilians. Imagine them killing thousands. […]

These days it seems like everyone is in a perpetual state of dissatisfaction. Even compared to the Karen people, who live under the oppressive thumb of the Burmese government while surviving in an unforgiving jungle, I have rarely come across people more profoundly dissatisfied with their lives as Americans.  In fact, the Karen are among […]

Many of our readers fought in this war and don’t need a rundown of events, but as the days stretch on, it draws further and further away. Many of today’s youth may be too young to remember — today’s 18-year-olds were only three years old at the beginning of the war. On March 20, 2003, […]

“The Wounded Warrior Fund.” Sounds legitimate, right? It sounds like an offshoot of the Wounded Warrior Project, maybe another branch of theirs that takes donations, or has a particular function separate from the rest of the organization. Right? Think again. Four Indiana residents have been charged with 227 counts of wire fraud, as well as […]

The United Kingdom was hit with a targeted nerve agent attack on March 4, sending a former Russian spy and his daughter into the hospital in critical condition. It has caused an international outrage, as Russia has a long history of brazen attacks and assassinations on foreign soil, though this one has been more blatant […]

Imagine that you work somewhere within the VA or the DOD. You notice that, say, your boss is continuously contracting out landscaping duties to his wife’s landscaping company, though the landscaping never seems to get done. Hundreds of thousands of VA dollars are getting siphoned into this man’s family bank account, and no one is […]

“The Epic of Gilgamesh” is widely considered the oldest piece of literature in existence today, though the original author (or authors) are unknown. From ancient Mesopotamia, the story follows Gilgamesh, a demigod who is both a great warrior and all around good-looking guy. After some questionable escapades at the beginning, the gods create for him […]