Will Bardenwerper

1 month ago | freebeacon.com | Will Bardenwerper |Victorino Matus

Having spent the last week poring over the JFK files, I can tell you the biggest question remains unanswered: Oswald's coworker Bonnie Ray Williams says right before the assassination he was having a fried chicken sandwich. But Williams also says the chicken was bone in. Who eats a bone-in chicken sandwich? And who would serve such a thing? Alas the coverup continues. But speaking of coverups, our Andrew Stiles reviews the Netflix miniseries Zero Day starring Robert De Niro.

Jun 6, 2024 | post-gazette.com | Adriana Ramirez |Adriana E. Ramírez |Will Bardenwerper

The prophet went to the palace to see the king, and told him that a rich man, who had lots of sheep, had taken a poor man’s pet lamb to feed a visitor. The man, said the prophet, laying it on, had only the one lamb, which grew up with his children and ate from his plate, and was like a daughter to him. The enraged king declared that the rich man should die. He saw himself, I’m guessing, as the good man with the power to punish the wicked and to get justice for their victims. It’s a great feeling.

Apr 21, 2024 | spectator.com.au | Will Bardenwerper

I live outside Pittsburgh, home to fans who bleed the black and gold of the Steelers, Penguins and Pirates (OK, well maybe not the Pirates, who have been mired in mediocrity for most of the twenty-first century). Surprisingly, though, I’ve discovered the most joy as a sports fan bringing my six-year-old son, Bates, to watch the minor league Wheeling Nailers hockey team play in the barebones, nearly fifty-year-old Wesbanco Arena.

Dec 27, 2023 | post-gazette.com | Will Bardenwerper

The military is currently experiencing a mental health crisis, with suicide now the second leading cause of death for service members. Brain injuries suffered by service members are a big part of this crisis, and new information has revealed the risk that service members face even if they don’t deploy. A recent New York Times investigation into artillery crews serving in Iraq and Syria found that they suffered from brain injuries caused by the firing of their own weapons.

Nov 19, 2023 | post-gazette.com | Will Bardenwerper

Last week as I sat in Osborne Elementary School’s gym, watching my son and his classmates perform a Veterans Day ceremony, I felt tears welling up in my eyes as I watched them sing songs like “It’s a Grand Old Flag.” I’d been out of the Army for over 15 years and had never felt such emotion at a public event. I was working at a Manhattan financial firm on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. We watched our CNBC monitors in horrified disbelief as the planes struck the World Trade Center.