by Wayne Finegar | Apr 4, 2025 | Conflation with Patriotism, Holding the Line, Military, Military Shakeup, News, News from the HomeFront, War and Use of Military Force
The leadership of the US military continues to recreate the modern forces in the image of the 1800s so beloved by the president. Women, people of color, trans people, and non-Christians have all been removed from the public histories, ejected from positions of trust...
by Wayne Finegar | Feb 22, 2025 | Domestic Violence, Holding the Line, Military, Military Shakeup, News, News from the HomeFront, War and Use of Military Force
On Friday, February 21, Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth did the expected. They proved the depths of their racism and misogyny by removing the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Chief of Naval Operations. Not because they weren’t good at their jobs but because...
by Wayne Finegar | Jan 15, 2025 | Conscientious Objection, Holding the Line, Military, News, News from the HomeFront, War and Use of Military Force
by Chuck Fager, Quaker House Board Member As Pete Hegseth moves through his Senate confirmation hearing process to become the Secretary of Defense, my mind is full of questions. And the top query in the stack is, obviously: Why does Hegseth despise—or is it hate—...
by Wayne Finegar | Oct 25, 2023 | Holding the Line, Military, News, News from the HomeFront, Peace, War and Use of Military Force
The Holding the Line section is going to be a way for us to share brief information about the new and the ongoing challenges faced by military participants and their families. We plan to begin doing short blurbs once or twice a month online and will include highlights...
by Wayne Finegar | Jun 15, 2022 | GI Rights Hotline, Military, News, News from the HomeFront, Peace, War and Use of Military Force
by Steve Woolford, Quaker House Counselor to the GI Rights Hotline When the Russian invasion of Ukraine was imminent, I was saddened to think about all the people that would be harmed in the conflict. I remembered a conscientious objector from the US Army I worked...
by Wayne Finegar | Nov 13, 2020 | GI Rights Hotline, Peace, War and Use of Military Force
What gives us hope? This has been a tough time. As I write this, the presidential election in the United States has not officially come to a conclusion and the nine-day interval since Election Day has felt like a month, at least. COVID cases are beginning their...
