The Office of Special Trial Counsel
How Article 24a, UCMJ — enacted in the FY 2022 NDAA and effective 27 December 2023 — created the Office of Special Trial Counsel and stripped commanders of authority over covered offenses.
· 5 min read
Faith, Law, and the Free Society
Faith. Service. Law.
This is where I think out loud about the things that matter most — how faith shapes public life, what the law demands of us, and why community is worth the work.
Army JAG School: A Complete Guide to the Judge Advocate Officer Basic Course
The Army's Judge Advocate Officer Basic Course (JAOBC) at TJAGLCS in Charlottesville: schedule, curriculum, daily life, and a week-by-week firsthand account.
· 9 min read
The Yale Divinity School Application Guide: Acceptance Rate, Essays, Degrees, and What to Expect
Yale Divinity School's acceptance rate is roughly 23%. I got in — my complete 2026 guide to degree options, essays, full-tuition aid, and what admissions actually looks for.
· 18 min read
What I Write About
Thoughtful writing at the intersection of faith, public service, and constitutional principles.
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A curated introduction to the ideas and themes I explore most.
Faith and Public Life
The Didache — Old Enough for the Canon, and Still Left Out
The Didache may be older than the last books of the New Testament, yet no Bible ever carried it. What the earliest church order says, and why the Church left it out.
Service and Sacrifice
JASOC: The Complete Guide to Air Force JAG Training
Everything you need to know about JASOC—the Air Force Judge Advocate Staff Officer Course at Maxwell AFB. Schedule, curriculum, and firsthand tips from a former JAG officer.
Rule of Law and Liberty
The Article 32 Preliminary Hearing
How the Article 32 preliminary hearing works after the FY 2014 and FY 2015 NDAA reforms — narrower scope, paper-based practice, waiver, and the OSTC interaction.
Community and Place
The Inhospitable Table: On Political Hatred and the Death of Civic Courtesy
Governor Sanders was asked to leave a Little Rock restaurant. This essay examines what the Croissanterie incident reveals about political hatred, tolerance, and the slow death of civic life in America.
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The Didache — Old Enough for the Canon, and Still Left Out
The Didache may be older than the last books of the New Testament, yet no Bible ever carried it. What the earliest church order says, and why the Church left it out.
· 47 min read
The Case Against John MacArthur: A Critical Assessment
A former evangelical's comprehensive assessment of John MacArthur: the scholarship claimed for him, his documented exegetical errors, and his record.
· 64 min read
The Epistle of Barnabas — The Near-Miss That Bore an Apostle's Name
Quoted as Scripture in Alexandria and bound into Codex Sinaiticus, the Epistle of Barnabas bore an apostle's name—yet the Church left it out of the New Testament. Why.
· 30 min read
1 Clement — The Letter from Rome That Almost Entered the New Testament
1 Clement was read as Scripture at Corinth and bound into Codex Alexandrinus. How Clement's letter came so close to the New Testament, and why the Church left it out.
· 28 min read
Matthew 13:24–43: The Weeds, the Mustard Seed, and a Field Left to Grow
A Catholic exegesis of Matthew 13:24–43: the parables of the weeds, mustard seed, and leaven, the Psalm 78 citation, and Augustine’s corpus permixtum.
· 33 min read
Pope Saint Marcellinus: The Twenty-Ninth Pope, the Lapse Rome Tried to Forget, and the Council That Never Met
Marcellinus, the twenty-ninth pope (296–304), was accused of sacrificing to idols under Diocletian, erased from Rome's oldest calendars, and defended by a council that never met.
· 31 min read
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