VOLUME 1 OF 3 The collected essays of former Green Beret Joe Cortina combine the life's knowledge of an unusually interesting man who "has seen it all", the wisdom of a learned scholar, and the red-hot angry passion of a righteous warrior who is crawling out of his skin over what has become of the country he once loved; but sadly, no longer exists. At a superficial glance, Cortina's essays ring of what some might call "hatred". But those who know Joe understand that he writes with a loving heart and in accordance with the timeless wisdom from Proverbs 8:13: "The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate." The world could use the powerful medicine of righteous indignation. "Dr." Cortina's highly informative essays deliver a mega-dose. Can you handle it?