I think that there is a common pitfall that is often made in teaching or even just describing the veterans benefits system. That mistake is treat the system as completely sui generis, even though it deals with issues common to...
For all who have attempted to read Judith Butler and found her writing a bit, ahem, obscure, writer Chelsea Clammer has a funny essay called "Li'l Butler" over at the Doctor T.J. Eckleburg Review. She reads Butler side by side...
The veterans benefits system we have today has grown phenomenally since its origin. It is essentially the one that was invented in 1917 for returning WWI soldiers, which began as only eight pages of amendments to the 1914 War Risk...