by Amanda Read Sheik | May 29, 2015 | Appearances, Culture, Interviews, Journal
The following was interview was originally part of a Smart Girl Politics series in early 2013 and didn’t end up getting published. But some of the topics covered are still relevant today! Bethany Bowra will now be writing a daily column for Smart Girl Politics....
by Amanda Read Sheik | Dec 19, 2010 | Journal, Reminiscences, The Washington Times Communities
My uncle’s return from Afghanistan inspired this little tribute to the troops. As children in an American military family, my siblings and I were aware of the sacrifice that soldiers and their families make during active duty – especially during war. But the war...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Sep 11, 2008 | Politics, World Views
As we have now entered the seventh anniversary of that day of terror, September 11, 2001, it is humbling and amazing to see how much has changed. I was an 11 year old child at the time, and last year on this very day I wrote a reminiscence of the event in full. If...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Oct 18, 2007 | World Views
My father forwarded an e-mail from a friend of his to me last month. The e-mail contains a list of well researched statistics regarding military fatalities in the past. The significance of this information reveals a plain and simple (though often ignored) fact. Pure...