It’s Not So Pretty in Emerald City

Emerald City, to the casual observer, projects nothing but grace and splendor but hiding around the corners are unwelcome offenders. They sleep under overpasses and hide in doorways. They’re always on the move, not because they want to, but because they’re told to. Homeless veterans are the hardest to witness. We armed them and commanded…

Imagine if…

For a few brief moments, let’s suspend what happened in our country after 9/11 and think about how things could have been so completely different if our country had taken a different direction. Imagine if we had not entered into war with Iraq and Afghanistan how different our country and the world would be today.…

Dave Patterson, SDVFP

My Journey to Peace

My journey to Peace started when I was 13 years old. My older brother was in Vietnam in the Marine Corps, when my best friend’s older brother came home in a casket from there. The impact on my friend’s family was misery like I could have never imagined. I went to the funeral in the…

The Superpower Who Cried Wolf

The Superpower Who Cried Wolf I wanted to quickly lay down my thoughts on Syria. I am strongly opposed to military intervention in this instance. Here’s why: 1. We have no money We simply can’t afford it. A decade of war has drained our resources and now we can’t afford the luxuries of purported humanitarian…