Amazing book.
Wonderful, searing book. This is one terrific veteran. Hope his new mission is very fulfilling, and that his wife makes a good adjustment. The near midwest ain’t California!
Obama’s VA has already taken the first step in this effort by denying appropriate pain medication to veterans.
I predict this will not end well.
Native CA very seldom leave CA without a big, expensive divorce.
Back 20 years ago, you could recognize native CA by their relaxed attitude about most things.
Not the way it is now.
I hope he follows the lessons learned from his book.
The opiod problem in America, particular among whites, is an existential, spiritual and cultural crisis - not an economic one.
Much of the heroin problem is created by black tar heroin, which is far more addictive than the brown cartel heroin. It comes from Mexico and the dealers are nearly always illegal aliens. Black tar heroin has destroyed communities across the country, communities that previously had no heroin problem. The dealers are, for whatever reason, ordered to sell only to whites.
Big enough airport? He can't even fly to Northern California from there, can he? Better bets would have been Toledo (near the very busy Detroit airport) or Cincinnati (near the roughly same sized Frankfort, Ky, airport. Even Cleveland can get you somewhere on the west coast besides LA.
Best wishes to Mr. Vance and his wife. It is a very important issue.