Of all human lamentations, without doubt, the most common is if only I had known. But we can't know, and so days of death and fire so often begin no differently than those of love and warmth.

I do not over-intellectualize the production process. I try to keep it simple: Tell the damned story.

"Literature" is written material that, 100 years after the death of the author, is forced upon high school students.

For over two weeks, the defenders of Wake Island held off a vastly superior force of Japanese ships and troops, inspiring the whole nation with their plucky spirit and sacrifice. Unfortunately, Navy leaders at Pearl Harbor, struggling to protect what was left of the shattered Pacific Fleet, canceled a relief mission, allowing the island and its defenders to fall without support. Wake damaged the long-standing trust between the Corps and the Navy, a memory that still rankles Marines and shames sailors.

Washington D.C. is about 300 square miles surrounded by realty.

Even true believers had consciences, Too bad.

What do I know about sex? I’m a married man.