Stop tolerating rape
An op-ed from the Baltimore Sun:
At every Washington Capitals home game, hockey fans at the Verizon Center — including platoons of well-heeled defense industry consultants — rise to their feet to salute one soldier, sailor, Marine or airwoman from the “Wounded Warrior” program. Every honoree has served in either Afghanistan or Iraq; many have served multiple tours.
In the next few weeks, hundreds of thousands of college students with beaming smiles will march across graduation stages to accept their diplomas. In the audience, friends, family members and faculty members — including me — will cheer their accomplishments after four (and often more) years of study.
Millions of young Americans serve proudly in our military or study rigorously on our campuses; many do both. We salute their service and accomplishments. As taxpayers, we wouldn’t provide the salaries, health and pension benefits for military members, or subsidize through state budgets the tuition of public college students, if we didn’t believe their futures were worth the investment.
