His idea that the country’s interests and its values are two separate things—the first mandatory, the second optional—reflects a misreading of the past.

Honoring the cause while confronting and remembering sacrifice can be a complicated endeavor.

The commitment of ordinary citizens to democratic ideals is being tested each day—and its enduring strength is containing the damage of Trump’s presidency.

A letter to a civilian who deployed to Afghanistan

Ordinary people, when seduced by violent ideologies, can be extraordinarily brutal.

I could hardly make out the words on the sign, but I knew what they said.