“”A bold, lyrical reimagining of the Joan of Arc story.’It’s the day any writer dreams of: when book reviewers look at your book and find it good.Mar 81Mar 81
Published inI Ain’t Marching AnymoreAs the republic teeters, even writing about the “must pass” military bill feels beside the pointLike so many of us, I start my day calling my reps, about the newest atrocity leashed by the Trump-Musk administration. The staff of my…Feb 11Feb 11
Published inI Ain’t Marching AnymoreMilitary Extremism: It Starts at the TopAs 2025 began, it seemed like everyone was talking about military extremism.Jan 16Jan 16
Forty yearsForty years ago today, I arrived at Beth Israel Hospital in Manhattan. I didn’t know I had multiple sclerosis.Dec 27, 20241Dec 27, 20241
Published inI Ain’t Marching AnymoreSome news, and an Appeal for RedressCan’t believe it’s been almost three months since I last posted here. I knew I was depressed, my disability woes distracting from my…Jul 1, 2024Jul 1, 2024
Aaron Bushnell Opposed All “State-Sanctioned Violence”If you know and read me, you knew I’d write about Aarron Bushnell, and perhaps reference Norman Morrison. Waging Nonviolence agreed …Mar 16, 2024Mar 16, 2024
Process notes: Sieges then and nowI’m thinking a lot about sieges. Of course you are, Lombardi, you’re writing a novel that takes place during the Hundred Years’ War, an era…Nov 24, 2023Nov 24, 2023
Published inI Ain’t Marching Anymoret“Military resistance is conscience in action”Nov 4, 2023Nov 4, 2023
#ChrisRereads, Day Two: The Case for Cancel CultureI was excited when I first heard of this book by Ernest Owens, an acclaimed Philly writer and leader in PABJ (the Philadelphia Association…Nov 29, 2022Nov 29, 2022
Chris Re-Reads: A new seriesI’m a fast reader, always have been; in third grade I raced a classmate to be the first to finish H.G. Wells’ Journey to the Center of the…Nov 28, 2022Nov 28, 2022
Published inI Ain’t Marching AnymoreThe U.S. Military and White Supremacy: A HistoryI wrote the piece below for ON WATCH, the quarterly magazine of the Military Law Task Force of the National Lawyers Guild. When I was asked…Jun 20, 2022Jun 20, 2022
As Russia Invades Ukraine, Let’s Follow Our Best Instincts, Not Our WorstBy Chris LombardiFeb 27, 2022Feb 27, 2022
“Make the treaty, Sir!As anniversaries go, February 2 is an equivocal one for American and Mexican history: That date in 1848 was when the Treaty of Guadalupe…Feb 3, 2022Feb 3, 2022
Published inI Ain’t Marching AnymoreConscientious objection is the thing with feathers.One of the very last things I accomplished in 2021 was draft a conclusion to that chapter I’ve been co-authoring for the upcoming Oxford…Jan 3, 2022Jan 3, 2022
Reality Winner Comes Out As a Soldier-DissenterLast night’s 60 Minutes segment hit all the notes: Winner’s service, her awards, even her moral injury; “ I was starting to see in the news…Dec 6, 2021Dec 6, 2021
Published inI Ain’t Marching AnymoreOn Colin PowellI never expected to start my week writing about Colin Powell. I know he meant a lot to a lot of people I respect, which might make the week…Oct 25, 2021Oct 25, 2021
Fragments toward an elegyMy book is dedicated to him: To Ben Lombardi, who learned in the navy that books open up the world. Wish you had lived to see this one in…Jul 12, 2021Jul 12, 2021
“The delicacy and fragility of life hit me”: Kyle Toon’s Journey to Conscientious Objection |…When Kyle Toon first thought about joining the Army, it felt like morning.May 15, 2021May 15, 2021
Published inI Ain’t Marching Anymore50 years since veterans swamped the Capitol — but for democracyOn Sunday, CBS News’ 60 Minutes profiled the Oath Keepers, a white-supremacist veterans’ group founded when President Barack Obama assumed…Apr 22, 2021Apr 22, 2021
And so it goes.First, check the video of Friday’s VFP event marking Winter Soldier. You won’t regret itMar 10, 2021Mar 10, 2021
