I met an older gentleman at church last Sunday who served in Vietnam. The conversation actually started with the current opiate epidemic in America. I said unfortunately thousands of young men came back from Southeast Asia hooked on heroin. He saw many soldiers smoking weed in order to cope with the horrors of what they …
Of Modern Poetry
Ask ten different educated, well-read people to define modernism, or the "modern" era [you know, the one right before our total disillusionment and our adoption of post-modern thinking] and you'll likely get ten different definitions; or at least ten different sentiments about that period in our history as a nation, as a people. Certainly, going …
Moral Injury
My uncle served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He was boots on the ground in country, getting shot at and exposed to hellish conditions. He was exposed to the horrific compound Agent Orange, which ultimately led to non-cancerous masses on the back of his lungs, diabetes, and kidney failure. He was …