So the news is out. The Military Times has run an editorial calling for the ouster of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. While this does not appear to be phenomenal news to the general public, let's step back and take a look at how powerful this really is.

November of this year is important not only because it's election time, but also because it will mark the point where the war in Iraq has exceeded the length of U.S involvement in World War 2.

Luckily, help is coming from an unexpected source: Iraq veterans.

So often in our quest to end the war in Iraq and bring our troops home, we work from the bottom up. This happens when we have people in the streets protesting, people calling their elected officials and Iraq war vets and other credible sources speaking at public forums. While...

Last week, I was able to go back to my hometown of North Tonawanda, NY (a suburb of Buffalo) in order to give a speech at the annual dinner for the Western New York Peace Center. While there, I took had the opportunity to go back to my high school...

The last five days have been like nothing I have ever experienced. When I made the decision to go to Crawford, Texas last week, I thought I was going to a protest against the war that would be similar to the previous ones I have attended. I couldn¹t have been...

Since yesterday was Sunday, I'm going to take this time to talk about religion. Although I'm not typically a religious individual, the prayer service that we had at Camp Casey yesterday was nice. There were a number of reverends there representing their different faiths. Prayers were said, bread was broken,...

Saturday, August 13, 2005

I can barely see as I type this because I am extremely exhausted. Today was a phenomenal day at Camp Casey. The day started off with a rally near the Crawford Peace House in which members of Military Families Speak Out, Gold Star Families for Peace,...