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Veteran Perspectives
Oliver Buchannon
Jeff Connell

Veteran, husband, father. Sharing real takes on politics, history, and education.


The Apology Tour

The Apology Tour

If you train a generation to despise their own lineage, you do not create a more just society. You create a civilization that refuses to defend itself.

The Death of the Expert

The Death of the Expert

When everyone has a search bar, everyone thinks they are a general. Why the democratization of information has actually led to the destruction of true authority.

The Domino Effect

The Domino Effect

In July 1914, a single political assassination triggered a series of automated military ultimatums that dragged thirty million men into the mud. If you do not track the timeline, you will never spot the trap.

The Just Google It Fallacy

The Just Google It Fallacy

Access to information is not the same as access to wisdom. If you have a library in your pocket but no map in your head, you are not informed. You are just overwhelmed.

The Roman Mob

The Roman Mob

Two thousand years before the first retweet, the Gracchi brothers discovered how to weaponize the populist rage of a desperate city. The blueprint for the modern social media mob is written in Roman b

The Arrogance of 2026

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.

Stop Calling Them “Benefits” — Call Them Compensation

Stop Calling Them “Benefits” — Call Them Compensation

American Taxpayer Interest

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Veterans Need to Start Treating Our Benefits Like We Own Them

Veterans Need to Start Treating Our Benefits Like We Own Them

Reclaiming the dignity, ownership, and unapologetic use of veterans benefits

Is the VA Too Generous with Veteran Benefits? The Moral Argument Says Absolutely Not.

Is the VA Too Generous with Veteran Benefits? The Moral Argument Says Absolutely Not.

Forgotten Wars: How Vietnam and Operation Iraqi Freedom Echo Each Other

Forgotten Wars: How Vietnam and Operation Iraqi Freedom Echo Each Other

Sudan’s Silent Catastrophe: Land, Blood, and the World That Looked Elsewhere

Sudan’s Silent Catastrophe: Land, Blood, and the World That Looked Elsewhere

Sudan

RAGE AGAINST THE LIES: LTC Gade Does NOT Speak for Broken Veterans!

RAGE AGAINST THE LIES: LTC Gade Does NOT Speak for Broken Veterans!

Helping Veterans Means Telling the Truth: The Washington Post’s Lazy Hit Piece, Part II

Helping Veterans Means Telling the Truth: The Washington Post’s Lazy Hit Piece, Part II

The Hidden Cost of Service: How Military Families Shoulder the Burden of a Broken System

The Hidden Cost of Service: How Military Families Shoulder the Burden of a Broken System

The Washington Post’s Lazy Hit Piece on Veterans: A Response

The Washington Post’s Lazy Hit Piece on Veterans: A Response

The Politics of Support: Why Veterans and Teachers Are Always Waiting for Reform

The Politics of Support: Why Veterans and Teachers Are Always Waiting for Reform

Part 4 – The Cost of Waiting: Why Reform Keeps Getting Kicked Down the Road

The Politics of Support: Why Veterans and Teachers Are Always Waiting for Reform

The Politics of Support: Why Veterans and Teachers Are Always Waiting for Reform

Part 3 – Why We Are Tired of Waiting

The Politics of Support: Why Veterans and Teachers Are Always Waiting for Reform

The Politics of Support: Why Veterans and Teachers Are Always Waiting for Reform

Part 2 – Why We Wait

The Politics of Support: Why Veterans and Teachers Are Always Waiting for Reform

The Politics of Support: Why Veterans and Teachers Are Always Waiting for Reform

Part 1 – Current Policy: The State of Support for Veterans and Teachers

Mental health

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How AI Could Revolutionize Veteran Support: A Practical Guide for Our Future

How AI Could Revolutionize Veteran Support: A Practical Guide for Our Future

Harnessing AI to Rebuild Lives, Careers, and Independence for Veterans

The Hard Truth: Why Veterans Like Me Need to Tell Our Stories, Even the Ugly Bits

The Hard Truth: Why Veterans Like Me Need to Tell Our Stories, Even the Ugly Bits

AI in the Classroom: A Veteran Dad's Bold Call to Action, Part 2

AI in the Classroom: A Veteran Dad's Bold Call to Action, Part 2

A Veteran Dad’s Vision for Revolutionizing K-12 Education with AI, Teacher-Led and Equitable

Education Fails Dads Too: A Veteran’s Fight for Better Schools

Education Fails Dads Too: A Veteran’s Fight for Better Schools

A Disabled Veteran’s Call to Fix Schools for Kids and Parents

Teaching

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Creativity as a Lifeline: A Veteran’s Journey to Healing and a Call for Change

Creativity as a Lifeline: A Veteran’s Journey to Healing and a Call for Change

Mental health

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How I Use Pinterest to Grow My Etsy Shop (and How You Can Too)

How I Use Pinterest to Grow My Etsy Shop (and How You Can Too)

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