Thanks... Again And Again And Again
As our soldiers watch the "thanks to the troops" videos during the football games today, they will be thinking one thing: "How many more Thanksgivings am I going to have to watch these videos from over here?"
As our soldiers watch the "thanks to the troops" videos during the football games today, they will be thinking one thing: "How many more Thanksgivings am I going to have to watch these videos from over here?"
Nathaniel Frank | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics
Petty Officer Third Class Joseph Rocha was brutalized for more than two years at his base in Bahrain after his refusal to hire a prostitute raised suspicions that he was gay. This is not an academic debate.
Nathaniel Frank | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics
Sometimes moral and political leadership really are one and the same. Ending the needless firing of gay troops is one of those times.
Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics
Congress stood up for veterans this week, and delivered retroactive overtime payments for our stop-lossed troops, a new education benefit for children of servicemembers killed since 9/11, and increased VA funding.
Jon Soltz | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics
The root causes of combat stress leading to suicide are three-fold, mostly out of the hands of our generals, and therefore must be addressed by the Federal government.
Craig Newmark | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics
The folks at the Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America are working hard to get real support for the troops.If you act right now, you can help sto...
Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics
In no other profession would an employee work overtime and not be compensated, and the same must be true of our military.
AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Army this summer will start cutting back on use of the unpopular practice of holding troops beyond their enlistment dates and h...
Bobby Muller and Garett Reppenhagen | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics
Let's say you joined the military and agreed to three years of active-duty service. With "stop loss" you could get held for six months, twelve months, even as long as twenty-one months past the time of your contract.
Melissa Silverstein | Posted 07.16.2008 | Entertainment
Director Kimberly Pierce answers questions about her powerful film, Stop-Loss, and the cultural movement it has propelled.
Bobby Muller | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics
Of all the abuses borne by our servicemembers since the beginning of Afghanistan and Iraq, excessive reliance on stop-loss, where tours of duty are involuntarily extended, is one of the most egregious.
People | Posted 06.14.2008 | Entertainment
Two months after admitting it was bizarre seeing ex-wife Reese Witherspoon with Jake Gyllenhaal, Ryan Phillippe is quietly moving things forward in hi...
Frank Schaeffer | Posted 06.02.2008 | Politics
Military service is a good shorthand summation of the class divide in America today. The people who serve are the sort the Obama campaign seems to be having trouble connecting with.
AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — It will be more than a year before the Army can end the unpopular practice of forcing soldiers to stay in the service beyond their ...
AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 04.07.2008 | Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — Movie-goers laid their money down on "21," a gambling romp that was the weekend's box-office high roller with a $23.7 million debu...
Huffington Post | Michelle Kung | Posted 04.04.2008 | Entertainment
When your average American wants to learn more about an intriguing subject, chances are he or she will pick up a book or research it on Google. Not Ki...
Huffington Post | Posted 04.03.2008 | Entertainment
Double Updates Below Could Ryan Phillippe be having a third kid? He is currently a doting dad to the two kids he has with ex-wife Reese Witherspoon. N...
Us | Posted 03.30.2008 | Entertainment
Ryan Phillippe wishes ex wife Reese Witherspoon happiness with her new beau Jake Gyllenhaal. "He's a good dude," Phillippe said on The Howard Stern ...
W | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment
You'd think it would be easy to spot Ryan Phillippe. He's told me to meet him at the Viceroy hotel in Santa Monica. Outside, one of the heaviest rains...
Jon Soltz | Posted 11.26.2009 | Politics