Wednesday, December 24, 2025

ARTICLES BY MIKE BANZET

OPINION: Trump and the rockets' red glare

As the Fourth of July passes, and I look back on all the big, loud, ostentatious, oh-so-provincial colorful explosions I may or may not have set off, I’m reminded of Donald Trump’s candidacy.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

OPINION: The land of illusion

The bad thing about reality is that it keeps intruding on our pleasant fiction.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Vet reflects on walking away from military career

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Flashback: Letter from Iraq by Major Banzet (2007)

I'm confused. Of course, according to some, as I am in Iraq, that's to be expected. But hear me out.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

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