Check your calendars, ladies and gentlemen: Today is Veterans' Day.

I don't have some eloquent Buckleyian elocution put to pixels to offer today, but I can say this: To every man or woman who's ever carried a rifle, swabbed a deck, or strapped into an airplane, thank you for going out to face the enemies of the United States of America. It's the sacrifices of people like you who let me sit back here in Virginia and fumble my way through law school.

Special thanks go to my dad, who once upon a time worked on tanks and assorted armored vehicles somewhere out in Texas and Oklahoma. I'm pretty sure he wasn't thinking about building a future for his son at the time, but he wound up doing it.

If you're like me and have never served a day in the military, find a veteran today and thank them for their service. America has been the better for their presence, and we owe them a debt that may not be repayable.

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