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  • This month on Things That Go Boom, we’re passing the mic to three veterans to share their memories in their words. In this first entry: When paratrooper Bill Glose came home from the Gulf War after leading his platoon, silence was his fortress. That all changed when a friend told him to start writing poetry.[...]
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When I was growing up I remember talking with my parents and with teachers and professors and people who were in politics, I’d ask “What do you have to do to be successful if you want to break into politics?” And people would say, “You need to compromise. You need to be a bridge builder. You need to be a moderate.” Now, heaven forbid if you're a moderate or if you're a centrist, you’re basically dead in the water. Bridge builders are seen as naïve at best and disingenuous at worst.

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When I was growing up I remember talking with my parents and with teachers and professors and people who were in politics, I’d ask “What do you have to do to be successful if you want to break into politics?” And people would say, “You need to compromise. You need to be a bridge builder. You need to be a moderate.” Now, heaven forbid if you’re a moderate or if you’re a centrist, you’re basically dead in the water. Bridge builders are seen as naïve at best and disingenuous at worst.

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