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Mon, 19 Apr 2021 00:00 UTC © The Outpost I first met Adrian Bonenberger in 2014, after he completed two tours in Afghanistan. He'd published Afghan Post, a painful epistolary memoir about his experiences. Bonenberger started that book a breezy, confident, idealistic young officer, but as he came across more cruelty, waste, and corruption, started to break down, second-guessing not only the mission but himself, i.e. why he'd volunteered. At the outset of The Odyssey and The Iliad he read as a kid, to All Quiet on the Western Front. But after years of head-scratching missions, circuitous c...

Louisville shows this week: 'Evil Dead' with Bruce Campbell, Louisville Orchestra & more Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal Louisville Orchestra's Teddy Abrams reads and plays for Storytime with The Courier Journal SUNDAY, Jan. 17 “Lend Me a Tenor.” Derby Dinner Playhouse presents this comedy by Ken Ludwig. Sunday, 1:30 and 7:45 p.m.; Tuesday, Thursday-Saturday, 7:45 p.m.; Wednesday, 1 and 7:45 p.m., at the playhouse, 525 W. Broadway, Clarksville, Indiana. Through Feb. 14. $34-$49. For tickets, call 812-288-8281. Great Podversations Episode 14. Great Podversations is�...

7 best quotes from the legendary Gen. Jim Mattis December 21, 2020 110715-N-QL471-020 ARABIAN GULF (July 15, 2011) Gen. James N. Mattis, Commander, U.S. Central Command, speaks to the crew of USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) during an all hands call. George H.W. Bush is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility on its first operational deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Billy Ho/Released) Retired Marine Corps General James Mattis was one of the most popular an...

Soldiers. the ramifications, the widespread effects this has had on a lot of families that demonstrates. >> of course, heidi was talking, david ignatius, about the capital and the white house being one of those two big targets. we, of course, remember also this morning those on flight 93 that saved those, lost their own lives but saved those who were working in the capital or in the white house, and there is a f fittifi fitting memorial to them in pence. thomas ricks, i remember my god six, seven, eight years ago i was listening to him on npr and he was talking about how a child born on septem...

Staff, general kelly, in pushing out bannon loyalists from the nsc. while bannon is a very important figure in trump's universe from a domestic political standpoint, and in terms of his connection to trump's populist base, i'm not sure that trump is as willing to go along with bannon on foreign policy. and i think the fact that that's still an open question is why you have this open meteor now between the "wall street journal" on one side and breitbart news on the other side. >> it is fascinating to see. thank you very much, josh. congratulations on the book as well. thomas ricks, so nice to h...