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Month: September 2020

A week of death, injustice and unreasonable hope

September 27, 2020 / jamesrneal / 2 Comments

Do you sometimes feel there’s little hope on the other side of 2020? This week was certainly a week to feel that way. Our nation this week surpassed 200,000 deaths due to COVID-19. According to a study by Johns Hopkins University, the U.S. is now sixth out of 195 nations for those most-affected by the … Continue reading A week of death, injustice and unreasonable hope

On Patriot Day, let us embrace true patriotism

September 11, 2020 / jamesrneal / 1 Comment

Nineteen years ago this morning, our country, our society and our view of the world were, perhaps irreparably, altered. On that September morning, I was in the Combat Information Center (CIC) of the guided missile destroyer USS Porter, pierside in Norfolk, Va. We had just started a simulated combat scenario when the captain came over … Continue reading On Patriot Day, let us embrace true patriotism

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