Jon Weiler
What does dissent mean to you?
Dissent is everywhere these days. It’s in the wind. Governments are falling and people are dying with the increased number of wars. Dissent, defined by Merriam-Webster, is a difference of opinion or a political opposition to a government or its policies. We experience some dissent every day in one form or another, at least as [...]
Punishing Wikileaks founder Assange constricts First Amendment rights
Jon WeilerColumnist What are Wikileaks? The first time I heard about Wikileaks was when Pfc. Bradley Manning was taken into custody for leaking classified documents of operations in Afghanistan. What I saw on all major news networks was how these classified documents exposed personnel working in Afghanistan and put our sources lives at risk. The [...]
Walmart teaming up with federal government leaves columnist leery
Jon WeilerColumnist I sat visiting with my father-in-law over the holiday break about our new plans for the coming year. His big plan was to run a 5K in May, which I thought was great because I am also a runner. He is not, and it was a big step for him. I told him [...]
COLUMN: There is no real transition from a combat zone, just dormant pain
Jon WeilerColumnist I’m working for a grocery company as a warehouse manager. It’s interesting work. As my boss tells me (he’s a former paratrooper too with 3rd BDE, 82nd Airborne Division), “…They’re just groceries. No one is trying to kill us”. This was part of an email that I received from a good friend of [...]
Are there no objectors out there to the commonality of war?
Jon WeilerColumnist I hear her voice starting to crack, “I wake up each day and I have to find reasons to get out of bed. It’s getting harder and harder to do.” My feeble response of, “It will eventually be ok,” was met with her very sad, “I don’t think it will be.” I am [...]
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