Honoring good citizens

Veterans Day was Sunday. The nation took a holiday Monday.

Solemn ceremonies were conducted across the nation. Vets and soldiers shared personal stories with the country. Some were heart wrenching and some heart warming.

Politicians, of course, jostled to declare how they had personally persevered to support vets. No effort, they pronounced, was too great or too demanding to support these national heroes.

And, heroes, many of them may be.

Over the years, our military and veterans have changed. Our new, young veterans are different than our older ones. Times have changed. The current military i...