A Eulogy For My Wife
Kay Leslie Brown 6 July, 1952 – 25 November, 2017 Funeral Eulogy St. Margaret of Scotland Anglican Church, Barrie, ON, 3 December, 2017 Bishop Shaw, dear colleagues, […]
Book Review: Brian Castner`s All The Ways We Kill and Die
My military ProD reading lately has included Brian Castner, one of the writers to have emerged from America`s post-9/11 wars. A US Air Force EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) officer, Castner […]
Mental Health In The Military: From Generation To Generation
Today in Canada a very welcome national conversation is happening on the subject of mental health. As part of that conversation, You can follow it on T|witter using the hashtag #BellLetsTalk. It’s […]
What Sarah Palin Got Wrong About PTSD
I confess that I am not a great fan of Sarah Palin. Part of me thinks she embodies everything that is wrong with political discourse today, though I am grateful […]
Book Review, Redeployment by Phil Klay
Redeployment by Phil Klay (Penguin 2014) Redeployment may be the strongest and most literary work of fiction to have emerged from America’s recent wars, deserving comparison with Kevin Powers’ The […]
The Christian Century on PTSD as Moral Injury
The June 2015 issue of Christianity Today features a cover story by Annalaura Montgomery Chuang entitled “War Torn: PTSD Is Not Just A Trauma Of The Mind But Trauma […]
One Human Cost Of The Drone War
While amusing (at least, amusing i suppose to pilots) the caption of this image suggests that it can’t be that easy being an Air Force drone operator. Besides the […]
No Soldier Is An Island
Just before Christmas my buddy Padre Howard, a handsome but clueless individual, called me to say that he needed some writing from me for the first thing in January. Howard […]
Dr. Rich Mahogany Takes Men’s Questions On Mental Health
Another h/t to the New York Times today for this great piece on a fictional doctor, Dr. Ron Mahogany, who you can find on the website ManTherapy.org. Mantherapy is a […]