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The Arrogance of 2026

Jun 12, 2026

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4 min read

The Arrogance of 2026

We have high speed internet and Artificial Intelligence, yet we are still the same flawed animals we were in the trenches. Stop pretending your smartphone makes you a better human being.

Jeff Connell
Jeff Connell

THE LATEST


May 29, 2026

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4 min read

The AI Mirage

The screen in your pocket is not a window to the truth. It is a corporate filter designed to sanitize reality. If you trust it blindly, you are walking into a digital ambush.

AI

+4

May 23, 2026

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3 min read

Part 4: The True Cost of War: Why the Government Cannot Default on the PACT Act

When the government authorizes a deployment, they sign a blank check for the aftermath. Treating veteran healthcare as discretionary spending is a breach of contract. It is time to pay the bill.

Veteran Advocacy

+8

May 16, 2026

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3 min read

Part 3: The Presumptive Playbook: How to Bypass the Ambush

The VA is not going to hold your hand. If you want your PACT Act claim approved, you must bypass their traps and treat the process like a military operation. Here is your tactical blueprint.

Veteran Advocacy

+7

May 14, 2026

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2 min read

The Capitol Hill Circus: Watching Them Perform While We Die

If you have the stomach for it, go read the recent report from Business Insider.

Government Accountability

+5

May 8, 2026

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3 min read

Part 2: The Bureaucratic Ambush: How the VA Approaches the PACT Act

The politicians took a victory lap, but the VA budget office went to war. Here is the unvarnished truth about the 45 percent error rate and the illegal denials happening right now.

Veteran Advocacy

+5

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The Soviet Erase

The Soviet Erase

Before the digital hallucination, there was the analog purge. Stalin showed the world that if you control the image, you control reality. Here is how we fight back using his own dark history.

AI

+3

The AI Mirage

The AI Mirage

The screen in your pocket is not a window to the truth. It is a corporate filter designed to sanitize reality. If you trust it blindly, you are walking into a digital ambush.

AI

+4

Part 4: The True Cost of War: Why the Government Cannot Default on the PACT Act

Part 4: The True Cost of War: Why the Government Cannot Default on the PACT Act

When the government authorizes a deployment, they sign a blank check for the aftermath. Treating veteran healthcare as discretionary spending is a breach of contract. It is time to pay the bill.

Veteran Advocacy

+8

Part 3: The Presumptive Playbook: How to Bypass the Ambush

Part 3: The Presumptive Playbook: How to Bypass the Ambush

The VA is not going to hold your hand. If you want your PACT Act claim approved, you must bypass their traps and treat the process like a military operation. Here is your tactical blueprint.

Veteran Advocacy

+7

The Capitol Hill Circus: Watching Them Perform While We Die

The Capitol Hill Circus: Watching Them Perform While We Die

If you have the stomach for it, go read the recent report from Business Insider.

Government Accountability

+5

Part 2: The Bureaucratic Ambush: How the VA Approaches the PACT Act

Part 2: The Bureaucratic Ambush: How the VA Approaches the PACT Act

The politicians took a victory lap, but the VA budget office went to war. Here is the unvarnished truth about the 45 percent error rate and the illegal denials happening right now.

Veteran Advocacy

+5

The Soft-Target Generation: Why Genuine Happiness Requires Friction

The Soft-Target Generation: Why Genuine Happiness Requires Friction

We are confusing comfort with joy. If you want your children to be truly happy in a brutal world, you have to forge them into resilient adults. Happiness is earned, not assigned.

Life Lessons

+6

Part 1: The Bloody Invoice: Why the PACT Act Actually Matters

Part 1: The Bloody Invoice: Why the PACT Act Actually Matters

It is not a government handout. It is the overdue bill for decades of chemical negligence. The military poisoned its own troops, and the PACT Act is the invoice.

Veteran Advocacy

+4

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Teaching Kids Resilience: Lessons from a Veteran Dad

Jun 23, 2025

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7 min read

Teaching Kids Resilience: Lessons from a Veteran Dad

Why I’m Teaching My Kids Grit the Hard Way, and Why the System Won’t

Veteran perspectives

Jeff Connell
Jeff Connell
Why Education Needs a Veteran’s Perspective: Fixing a Broken System

Jun 16, 2025

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5 min read

Why Education Needs a Veteran’s Perspective: Fixing a Broken System

A disabled veteran and former educator shares why education is failing and offers veteran-inspired solutions for reform.

Veteran perspectives

Jeff Connell
Jeff Connell
AI in Education: A Veteran Dad’s Call for Smarter Classrooms

Jun 30, 2025

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8 min read

AI in Education: A Veteran Dad’s Call for Smarter Classrooms

A Veteran Dad’s Case for Using AI to Empower Teachers and Personalize Learning

Veteran perspectives

Jeff Connell
Jeff Connell

Welcome to VeteranPerspectives: A Blog by Jeff

Veteran

Apr 15, 2025

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3 min read

The Case for Dissolving the Federal Department of Education: A Former Teacher’s Perspective

Apr 22, 2025

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6 min read

Toxic Leadership in Education: The Silent Killer of School Culture

Teaching

+1

Apr 28, 2025

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8 min read

Innovation in Education: It’s Time to Stop the Bullsh*t

May 5, 2025

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8 min read

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