From the Bottom of the 47 Percent
Sean Davis came from the poorest of the poor, from the white-trash, from food stamps and toys made from boxes of government cheese—and he has a message for America. My mother was a sixteen-year-old...
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Sean Davis is white heterosexual male from a small town who spent 14 years in the military under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. And here is why he is passionately pro marriage equality. — After two days of...
View ArticleThe Breech
Sean Davis gives a haunting first-person account of the inhumanity (and the humanity) of war. War is a machine designed to lose its parts as it cuts through countries, politics, and peoples’ lives....
View ArticleMemorial Day: Through the Eyes of a Veteran
Sean Davis remembers the fallen soldiers he served with and looks ahead to new challenges. Today I sit with my ruck packed at my feet and I’m ready to be deployed to Oklahoma with Team Rubicon to help...
View ArticleTalking Politics with My Daughter: The Neverlution will be Continuously...
Sean Davis tried to talk about current events with his teenaged daughter and she shrugged. So he decided to give her a history lesson. — I spoke to my 18-year-old daughter today to see what she...
View ArticleFrom the Bottom of the 47 Percent
Sean Davis came from the poorest of the poor, from the white-trash, from food stamps and toys made from boxes of government cheese—and he has a message for America.My mother was a sixteen-year-old...
View ArticleSupreme Court, Don’t Be Afraid to Act on Marriage Equality
Sean Davis is white heterosexual male from a small town who spent 14 years in the military under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. And here is why he is passionately pro marriage equality. —After two days of the...
View ArticleTalking Politics with My Daughter: The Neverlution will be Continuously...
Sean Davis tried to talk about current events with his teenaged daughter and she shrugged. So he decided to give her a history lesson. —I spoke to my 18-year-old daughter today to see what she thought...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Donald Trump from a Purple Heart Veteran
This morning I heard retired LTC Louis Dorfman gave you his Purple Heart. Having a Purple Heart myself, knowing what it takes to get that medal, knowing the toll that award has taken on me, both...
View ArticleMemorial Day: Through the Eyes of a Veteran
Sean Davis remembers the fallen soldiers he served with and looks ahead to new challenges.—Today I sit with my ruck packed at my feet and I’m ready to be deployed to Oklahoma with Team Rubicon to help...
View ArticleThe Breech
Sean Davis gives a haunting first-person account of the inhumanity (and the humanity) of war.—Publishers Note: This post first ran in 2012, but it is such an amazing glimpse of the realities of war...
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