On Guns

I only have one gun left in my home: a Beretta semi-automatic 20-gauge shotgun.

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What AI Knows About You: Research, Reputation & Influence with Dan Barkhuff

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25 Years Ago

Twenty-five years ago, I awoke in the predawn darkness in Coronado, California, and began my day as a Basic Underwater Demolition School student.

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A Dad Brag

My son is seven years old and in the second grade.

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On Occam's Razor

There are a lot of theories floating around about the recent success of progressive candidates this cycle and last night (despite the narrowest victory possible in Wisconsin of a normie Dem).

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Fauci

The campaign against Anthony Fauci is a campaign against memory: the memory of what the nation went through in 2020-22 to be sure, but also against my memories of that period, and yours as well.

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On Men and Democrats

I've been saying the same thing for a decade

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On Errors

As I write this, I’m fortunate enough to be on Oahu, looking across Turtle Bay at the Opana radio station.

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Drop Out, Platner

I was wrong

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Trump Would Not Have Signed the Declaration

Nor Would He Have Been Allowed To

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On Gold Stars

The domestic debate over the Iran war has largely been conducted in dollars as groceries become more expensive every week and it costs a hundred bucks to fill up your F-250.

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On Fatherhood

And The Spills Of Life

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On Trump's War

And Strategic Empathy

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On Platner, and Me

I think it is a mistake to bet against Maine showing up for one of its own, and I think, if Graham Platner does not have any worse skeletons in the closet, he will win the primary next week despite hi...

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J.D. Khrushchev

And Trump's Nap Habit

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On Graham Platner

I drove eight hours round trip today to Maine to introduce Graham Platner for about ninety seconds.

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Mom

Your mother probably thinks of motherhood in terms of the obvious things: meals made, rides given, worries carried quietly, bills paid when money was tight, staying up when children were sick.

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On Men

Part 1

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DC

The first thing that strikes you at the Campaigns & Elections Conference in Washington is the velocity attendees operate at.

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A Moral Nation

There is a great deal of ink being spilled now on the strategic failures of a war with Iran, how it failed to achieve its stated objectives, how it rattled the Strait, spiked prices, and left the regime more entrenched than before.

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On Shame

By Daniel Addison Barkhuff

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On Kharg Island

In fighting, the casual observer fantasizes the bold stroke: a slick submission out of nowhere, a blistering left hook to the chin, or the wartime seizure of terrain so central that everything else co...

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Sugaring

I spent the entirety of yesterday (Saturday) sugaring.

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On Duty

Robert Mueller is gone now, and the temptation will be to measure impact in headlines: Special Counsel, Russia, Trump, testimony, outcomes.

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A Letter To Those At War

And those about to be

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ICE agents did not detain their target in operation that led to chaotic standoff - VTDigger

Federal authorities said Thursday that a person detained Wednesday after a standoff at a South Burlington home was not the person identified in a warrant they had obtained to make an arrest.

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ICE activity in South Burlington draws protesters and police to neighborhood - VTDigger

As of early Wednesday afternoon U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents had a home surrounded on Dorset Street and a crowd of protesters had gathered.

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Hey Guys, I use AI!

And so does everyone

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Desecration

Of The Hallowed

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On Morality

People are essentially good.

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