War, Beer and Rock & Roll

In The Daily Beast, my review of Michael Hastings's new book The Operators. 

A Christmas Hymn

A piece in The New York Times At War section, about the homefront. It's written by the strongest person I've ever known - my mother.

http://nyti.ms/u0RFoR

CNN Newsroom Interview

Video clip of my interview with CNN's Don Lemon, from 12/17/11, discussing the end of the Iraq War and Kaboom. It was a lot of fun! And he complimented my tie and suit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=p0y50-CYQkY

War Games

My latest, at The Rumpus - an essay about the intersection of modern sports and war entitled "War Games."

http://therumpus.net/2011/12/war-games/

This Creed of the Desert

Wrote a piece for the Daily News about the Iraq War coming to an end. Should run in print in Sunday's (10/22) paper. (Original title: "This Creed of the Desert.")

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2011/10/22/2011-10-22_troops_to_withdrawal_from_iraq_but_it_doesnt_quell_the_sting_from_battle_that_on.html

Kaboom in Small Wars Journal

Caleb Cage, of the fantastic literary journal The Nevada Review, just published an essay at Small Wars Journal entitled "Journalist-Soldiers: Blogs, Books, and Freedom on the Battlefield." It's a thorough, intriguing analysis of the new type of combat memoir that has emerged from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and has a lot of very kind things to say about Kaboom. Check it out when you can.

Down and Out With the American Dream

A review of Colby Buzzell's Lost in America, posted at The Daily Beast.

9/11 Reflections

Tough day for a lot of people, and not just because of what occurred ten years ago. The decade that followed has been pretty brutal and straining, as well. But we endure.

I wrote a piece entitled "Three Wise Men" for Scholars & Rogues here.

And spoke with MTV News here.


Also, read this piece by my boss Paul Rieckhoff, here, at The Huffington Post. It's entitled "Moving Forward." My favorite lines from it are these: 


"And whatever one thinks of those wars, no one has better represented the resolve of “Never Forget” than the service members that have fought in our name. They remember their fallen brothers and sisters in arms, and honor them by moving forward – something we as a nation are in the process of doing ourselves."

In Defense of "Once an Eagle"

My latest, up at TIME's Battleland.

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Boston Review - "Straight Shooter"

My latest, in Boston Review. An excerpt entitled "Straight Shooter."

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