Judd Lienhard
Posts by Judd Lienhard (page 2)
The Moral Spectrum: When Freedom’s Just Another Word for Comfortable Homogeneity
My youth in rural Missouri was a slice of Americana. It was filled with the distinct sound of gravel crunching under truck tires as... Read More
Immigrants and Violence: Americans Were a Lot Braver in 1920
On the night of June 2, 1919, the assistant secretary of the Navy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and his wife Eleanor walked past the home... Read More
Honoring the “Dregs,” America’s True Founding Fathers
Why we have teenagers, immigrants, convicts, minorities, and the unemployed to thank for our freedom "The March to Valley Forge" (painting by William Trego,... Read More
Refusing Refugees: A Former Army Ranger Shares His Shame
The pictures shown here were taken when I was in Iraq during my first tour with the US Army Rangers. We operated out of... Read More
Us and Them: Lessons from Lincoln’s Inaugurations
There are two feuding tribes in South Sudan, the Dinka and the Nuer, and they are at the heart of a civil war that... Read More
Guns and Lone Nuts: a Poor Way to Resist Oppression
If someone is prying something from your cold dead hands, then you're doing it wrong Do we need assault rifles to protect us from... Read More
My Longest Day
Our last combat mission was my worst experience of the war, but it taught me the most. We landed on the X, which basically... Read More