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Christine Flowers: Assault in the military, or assault on the military?

There is an iconic scene from one of my favorite movies, "A Few Good Men," in which an enraged colonel Jack Nicholson cuts down major Tom Cruise with five fierce words: "You can't handle the truth."
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: We're surrendering our civil liberties

It will not be with guns.
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: Bugnut 'reporter' makes mental health a political issue

I cannot write this the way I want. Doing so would invade the privacy of too many people. But I can't be silent, either.