“A bump in the road for America’s longstanding march of progressive Western Liberalism or a pivot back towards ethnocentric nationalism, Americans find themselves at a crossroads.” That’s from the blurb on the […]
Review: The Dawn of Eurasia
Sean Patrick Hughes
Sean Patrick Hughes is an author, veteran, non-profit founder (care4us.org) and a special needs father. He’s contributed to multiple media outlets including the Washington Post, Playboy and other online media outlets. A veteran of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom and a Bronze Star recipient, Sean graduated of the United States Naval Academy and the University of San Diego Graduate School of Business and separated from the Navy at the rank of Commander. He lives in Southern California with his wife Annette and three boys .
Read List 2018
There’s an argument to be made that the most significant development to come out of the digital age is the democratization of high quality entertainment. I don’t have a flying car. But […]
Some Thoughts on George H.W. Bush
Our lives aren’t stories. Not the way we like to think they are; like three act plays following a tight narrative as the twists and turns of decades come to some culminating […]
This is the Review I Want to Write About Tyler Cowen’s Stubborn Attachments…
A few months back, my roommate from Annapolis sent me a text that marked a distinct waypoint on the arc of our relationship over the last 25 years. He’s a combat decorated, […]
Thank You Stan Lee
I never once read a comic book as a kid. All I did was play sports, talk to girls and fit in. It was a happy, easy path. I’ve got sons of […]
To The Life Once Lived
I have no stoic message to tell the world how grateful they should feel. There’s no pining over lost years and an America of better days, more worthy of the service of […]
The Cost of Veteran Value Signaling
The 22-a-day number is not real. The number publicized to show how many vets commit suicide every day is not real. The actual number is something less than that. And a deeper […]
On My Experience With Domestic Terror
I originally wrote this as a Twitter thread a few minutes after the news of the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh broke this morning. I thought there was […]
Identity Politics and Immigration
I am pro immigration. I wrote a chapter in my book about immigration being a consistent political boogeyman throughout American history. I wrote an article in Playboy (yes they really have articles) […]
Stupid and In Charge: The Anti-Fragile Experience of the Junior Officer
I recently finished reading Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff’s The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure. The title and sub get you […]
