This? Is beautiful. Happy Monday.

You can read more about Wes Clark Jr. here, and the other veterans here. Fitting that this ceremony took place on the birthday of Gen. George A. Custer. More on him here.

Victory at Standing Rock

The Army Corps of Engineers denied a permit that would allow drilling under the Missouri River, for the Dakota Access pipeline. This is after weeks of protesting by natives and clergy and veterans and others. You can read more here. UPDATE: Welp, it’s not as clear-cut as all that. 1. The businesses involved in this enterprise said …

Oh, hell, no.

Years ago, the California National Guard paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in roughly 10,000 enlistment bonuses that the Pentagon now wants repaid by the soldiers who received them. The bonuses start at about $15,000, and date back to the early 2000s. Unfortunately, that money is, for the most part, long spent and now those soldiers who …

How Connecticut’s homeless emergency response system saved a life

This is Jim King, a Marine veteran with an incredible story to tell. I sat in his apartment interviewing, and half the time I wanted to hug him and the rest of the time, I wanted to thank him. I only did the latter. His story is so many other veteran’s stories. I wrote this …

About that ending of veterans homelessness in CT…

Yesterday, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced that Connecticut had ended veterans homelessness. The state actually accomplished this by the end of 2015, but they were waiting on the Department of Housing and Urban Development to officially verify it. It is one thing to say one has accomplished such a feat, and quite another to have …

Thank you, veterans

Would that all veterans come home save and sound into the arms of people who love them.

In light of the bitter cold that’s strangling Connecticut right now

Bring ’em home and get ’em homes. It’s a pretty simple equation.