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That is entirely dependent upon your local laws, customs, and medical protocols. Here in Pennsylvania, the determination of death by Emergency Medical Services is limited to those circumstances apparent to any layman — The person is unresponsive, non-breathing, pulseless, and there is evidence of death: dependent lividity (livor mortis), body temperature (algor mortis), stiffness of the joints (rigor mortis), decomposition, decapitation, or other “obviously mortal” injuries. That determination of death carries little legal standing — a deputy coroner, medical examiner, or physician must be summoned to confirm and legally pronounce the person dead.The issue of a “DNR” has become somewhat muddled in Pennsylvania due to the Department of Health and Bureau of Emergency Medical Services choosing an obscure form (The Pennsylvania Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment) as the only acceptable type of DNR for emergency responders; even when the “correct” form is presented, EMS workers must then contact a Medical Command Physician for permission to follow the orders as written. At least in Erie and Crawford County, contacting medical command is always a crapshoot. I’ve had physicians order everything but a Pizza when presented with these circumstances.

Newly elected members and their affiliations at the time of election are:Aeppli, Gabriel; professor of physics, ETH Zurich and EPF Lausanne, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, SwitzerlandAndrews, Nancy C.; vice chancellor and dean, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, N.C.Balbus, Steven A.; Savilian Professor of Astronomy and head of astrophysics, department of astrophysics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United KingdomBass, Brenda L.; distinguished professor, department of biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake CityBates, Robert H.; Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, department of government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Behrmann Cohen, Marlene; professor, department of psychology, and director, Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, Carnegie Mellon University, PittsburghBerry, Joseph A.; faculty member, department of global ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, Calif.Betzig, Eric; group leader, Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, Va.Biggins, Sue; full member and associate director, division of basic sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, SeattleBowring, Samuel A.; professor, department of earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, CambridgeBronner, Marianne E.; Albert Billings Ruddock Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, PasadenaBurrows, Adam; professor of astrophysical sciences, department of astrophysical sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.Chakravarti, Aravinda; professor of medicine, pediatrics, molecular biology, and genetics, and director, Center for Complex Disease Genomics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, BaltimoreCheney, Dorothy L.; professor of biology and member of the graduate group, departments of psychology and anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, PhiladelphiaCooks, R. Graham; Henry Bohn Hass Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, department of chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.Dalla-Favera, Riccardo; Uris Professor of Pathology, department of genetics and development, and director, Institute for Cancer Genetics, Columbia University, New York CityDeaton, Angus; Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and department of economics, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.Dell, Gary S.; professor, psychology department, University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignDulac, Catherine; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; and professor, department of molecular and cellular biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Edwards, Scott V.; Alexander Agassiz Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, and curator of birds, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Eskin, Alexander; professor, department of mathematics, University of Chicago, ChicagoFisher, Daniel S.; professor of applied physics, department of applied physics, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.Geman, Donald; professor, department of applied mathematics and statistics, Johns Hopkins University, BaltimoreGoldberg, Alfred L.; professor of cell biology, department of cell biology, Harvard Medical School, BostonGranick, Steve; director, Institute for Basic Science, Center for Soft and Living Matter, and Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, South KoreaHa, Taekjip; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; and professor of physics, University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignHastings, Alan; distinguished professor, department of environmental science and policy, University of California, DavisHe, Sheng Yang; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; and professor, MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East LansingHead-Gordon, Martin; Kenneth S. Pitzer Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, department of chemistry, University of California, BerkeleyHinnebusch, Alan G.; chief, Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, and director, program in cellular regulation and metabolism, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.Holloway, Ralph L.; professor of anthropology, Columbia University, New York CityHooper, Lora V.; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; and associate professor, department of immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, DallasIncandela, Joseph; professor, department of physics, University of California, Santa BarbaraJackson, Matthew O.; Eberle Professor, department of economics, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.Jacobs-Wagner, Christine; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology; and director of the Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.Jasin, Maria; member and William E. Snee Chair, developmental biology program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York CityKahn, Robert E.; president and CEO, Corporation for National Research Initiatives, Reston, Va.Kapitulnik, Aharon; professor of physics, department of physics, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.Karten, Harvey J.; professor of neurosciences and psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La JollaKliewer, Steven A.; Nancy B. and Jake L. Hamon Distinguished Chair in Basic Cancer Research and professor, departments of molecular biology and pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, DallasKling, Catherine; Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor of Agriculture and Life Sciences, professor of economics, and director, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University, AmesLande, Russell; Royal Society Research Professor, division of biology, Imperial College London, Silwood Park, United KingdomLee, Jeannie T.; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; and professor of genetics and pathology, department of molecular biology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, BostonLeonard, Warren J.; NIH Distinguished Investigator and chief, Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, and director, Immunology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.Levi, Margaret; director, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, and professor, department of political science, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.Liao, James C.; Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Professor and chair, chemical and biomolecular engineering department, University of California, Los AngelesLis, John T.; Barbara McClintock Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics, department of molecular biology and genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.Lundblad, Victoria; professor, Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, Calif.MacDonald, Glen M.; UC Presidential Chair and distinguished professor, departments of geography and of ecology and evolutionary biology, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los AngelesMalhotra, Renu; professor, department of planetary sciences, University of Arizona, TucsonMalik, Jitendra; Arthur J. Chick Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, department of electrical engineering and computer sciences, University of California, BerkeleyMallouk, Thomas E.; Evan Pugh Professor of Materials Chemistry and Physics and professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, department of chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, University ParkMessing, Joachim; university professor of molecular biology, Selman A. Waksman Chair in Molecular Genetics, and director, Waksman Institute, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, PiscatawayMiller, Jeffery F.; M. Philip Davis Chair in Microbiology and Immunology and chair, department of microbiology, immunology, and molecular genetics, University of California, Los AngelesMoon, Randall T.; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; and William and Marilyn Conner Chair and director, department of pharmacology, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, SeattleMrowka, Tomasz; Singer Professor of Mathematics, department of mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, CambridgeMukamel, Shaul; distinguished professor of chemistry, department of chemistry, University of California, IrvineMurphy, Catherine J.; Peter C. and Gretchen Miller Markunas Professor of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignNeumark, Daniel M.; chair and Joel Hildebrand Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, department of chemistry, University of California, BerkeleyNogales, Eva; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; and professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, University of California, BerkeleyPoterba, James; Mitsui Professor of Economics, department of economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, CambridgeRamakrishnan, Lalita; professor of immunology and infectious diseases and Wellcome Trust Principal, department of medicine, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Cambridge, United KingdomReinberg, Danny; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; and professor, department of biochemistry and molecular pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York CityRichards-Kortum, Rebecca; Stanley C. Moore Professor of Bioengineering and professor of electrical and computer engineering, Rice University, HoustonRicheson, Jennifer A.; professor, department of psychology and department of African American studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.Rogers, John A.; Swanlund Chair Professor, department of materials science and engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignRothstein, Rodney; professor of genetics and development, Columbia University Medical Center, New York CitySchoelkopf, Robert J.; Stirling Professor of Applied Physics and Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.Schroeder, Julian I.; full professor and Novartis Chair in Plant Sciences, division of biological sciences, University of California, San Diego, La JollaSeager, Sara; professor of planetary science and physics and Class of 1941 Professorship Chair, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, CambridgeSeveringhaus, Jeffrey P.; professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La JollaShen, Zhi-Xun; Paul Pigott Professor in Physical Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.Shenker, Stephen; Richard Herschel Weiland Professor, department of physics, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.Steinman, Lawrence; professor, departments of neurology and neurological sciences, pediatrics, and genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif.Svoboda, Karel; group leader, Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, Va.Tauxe, Lisa; distinguished professor of geophysics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La JollaTaylor, Richard; Robert and Luisa Fernholz Professor, School of Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N.J.Thorner, Jeremy; professor, division of biochemistry and molecular biology, University of California, BerkeleyVardi, Moshe Y.; George Distinguished Service Professor in Computational Engineering, department of computer science, Rice University, HoustonVosshall, Leslie B.; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; and Chemers Family Professor and head, Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Behavior, Rockefeller University, New York CityWard, William R.; institute scientist, department of space studies, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colo.Western, Bruce; professor of sociology and Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Professor of Criminal Justice, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Wu, Hao; Asa and Patricia Springer Professor, department of biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, and program in cellular and molecular medicine, Boston Children's HospitalZhang, Shoucheng; J.G. Jackson and C.J. Wood Professor of Physics, department of physics, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.Newly elected foreign associates, their affiliations at the time of election, and their country of citizenship are:Agrawal, Manindra; N. Rama Rao Chair Professor, department of computer science and engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India (India)Baillargeon, Renée; Alumni Distinguished Professor, psychology department, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Canada)Carrasco, Nancy; professor of cellular and molecular physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. (Mexico)Casanova, Jean-Laurent; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; and professor and senior attending physician, St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller University, New York City (France)Gianotti, Fabiola; research physicist and director general designate, ATLAS Department, European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva, Switzerland (Italy)Halliday, Alex N.; head of the mathematical, physical and life sciences division, department of earth sciences, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (United Kingdom)Ip, Nancy Y.; dean of science, the Morningside Chair Professor of Life Science, and director of the State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong (People's Republic of China)Jahn, Reinhard; director, department of neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany (Germany)Jones, Jonathan D.G.; staff scientist, John Innes Science Center, Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, United Kingdom (United Kingdom)Kontsevich, Maxim; professor of mathematics, Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques, Bures-sur-Yvette, France (France/Russia)Mayor, Satyajit; director, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India (India)Mehlhorn, Kurt; director, Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Saarbrücken, Germany (Germany)Nagata, Shigekazu; professor of medical chemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan (Japan)Nitzan, Abraham; director, Sackler Institute of Advanced Studies; and professor of chemistry, School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Israel (Israel)Nobre, Carlos A.; director of the Center for Earth System Science and senior scientist, National Institute for Space Research-INPE, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil (Brazil)Radi, Rafael; professor and chair, department of biochemistry, University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay (Uruguay)Segev, Mordechai; Robert J. Shillman Distinguished Professor of Physics, department of physics, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel (Israel)Sonenberg, Nahum; full professor, department of biochemistry, Goodman Cander Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Canada)Stenseth, Nils C.; founding chair, Centre for Ecology and Evolutionary Synthesis, and professor and chair, department of ecology and evolution, University of Oslo, Norway (Norway)Svoboda, Jan; professor in molecular biology, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic (Czech Republic)Tirole, Jean; scientific director, Institut d'Économie Industrielle, Toulouse School of Economics, Toulouse, France (France)(from NAS Members and Foreign Associates Elected)

This is a three-part answer; it is long, but it covers several aspects of Trump’s woe-begotten need to prove his manhood bests that of any rival—human or nation.Part IThere are many horrible ideas being hatched at the White House, of that there can be little doubt. But among the most egregious is Mr. Trump's little-boy insistence on (and the Pentagon's apparent capitulation to) a Red Square/Pyongyang-style show of military strength and penile extension sometime in 2018.Having been an Inaugural Parade coordinator and co-designer for two Inaugurations (Reagan's second and Bush 41's only), I can tell you that we struggled with requests for heavy military equipment (main battle tanks and other large tracked vehicles) not only because the logistics of getting them to Washington were daunting, but because of the projected damage the equipment would do to Pennsylvania Avenue.But that's not the main objection to a Trumpian show of mechanized, weaponized, missile-ized, bomber-ized force trundling down, and flying over, the Nation's capital. The main objection--in my humble and outraged opinion--is that such a show of force has only one purpose: to show the world that Mr. Trump's penis does, in fact, exist to do more than play with women-not-his-wives and pee with more distance than any other world leader from North Korea, Bejing, or Moscow.We are not a banana republic, we are not a totalitarian state (yet), we are not a cowed collection of fearful citizens who are called upon en mass to show up at a parade with specially-colored banners or pieces of cardboard coordinated to show the 10-acre-sized face of our dictatorial leader. We are not a nation of citizens who are afraid not to clap with our dear leader speaks lies to truth; we do not equate lack of applause with treasonous activities or disloyalty. We do not line up with bags of gold or grain or pounds of flesh to have them weighed against the mighty fat of our self-anointed king. And we sure as hell do not believe the men and women in uniform who protect us should be paraded down Pennsylvania Avenue to appease a lunatic.I'm not sorry to say this, but Mr. Trump is a symptom of a cancer that is working its way--metastasizing if you will--from the fringes of our national soul to the very organs of justice, truth, and confidence in our Constitution that sustain each and every American.The very idea that Mr. Trump thinks it's a good time to pull off his parade would be on Veterans' Day is anathema to everything that day is about...Veterans' Day is a day of reverence, of sacred thoughts and abiding thanks to those heroes who either gave their all or who stood ready to do so with no mental reservation. The clanking of tank treads chewing into the streets of the Nation's capital will never replace the stark crack of rifles saluting 21 times the fallen who rest in Arlington and in National and state cemeteries around the country; such a parade will do nothing to assuage the pain of the families of men and women who served with incredible honor and who only seek recognition for their loved-one's service.There are times for flyovers--my father, inurned at Arlington, was the recipient of a flyover during his funeral...followed by the rifle salute and taps. There were no missiles on transporters, no Abrams tanks, no armored personnel carriers, no self-propelled guns, no massive shows of airpower. There was only respect and a cascade of tears that day when another American of great honor was laid to rest. I have been to too many burials at Arlington...at each one, I remember the sacred silence and unspoken words of honor that marked each service.Mr. Trump, just because France chose to show its power during Bastille Day does not mean you must somehow whip out your insignificant reproductive and waste-pouring appendage and pretend it is America's might. You will never be the soldier-citizen you wish you were, bone-spurs and all, and America's military is not your playtoy.Part IIAaron Blake, writing in the Washington Post, as part of the story of Trump’s order to the Pentagon to stage a massive military parade down Pennsylvania (Pennsyl-Vain-ia) Avenue, mentions one particular chipped facet of this flawed gem of an idea: the budget for such a extravaganza.But Trump's hand in making this a reality, in a way, can't help but make it about him. In fact, this might be the most thoroughly Trump idea of his presidency. Not only are we talking about a huge show of pageantry and strength that could test the bounds of practicality (not to mention the federal budget) but we've also got Trump upending decades of American political tradition to do so — and undoubtedly drawing the ire of opponents who will allege he's acting like an authoritarian.At a time when the president is cutting this and ripping out that (State Department and other agencies budgets are being slashed); and as he hectors the Congress and the American (and Mexican people, apparently) to fund his wall; tears out the financial foundations for renewable energy production; lops off whole sections of the national parks; pulls us out of the Trans Pacific Partnership and threatens to re-jigger NAFTA; is seriously considering sending millions of otherwise law-abiding not-yet citizens to homelands they haven’t seen in decades (if ever); proposing a trillion dollar infrastructure program; AND, giving the nation’s wealthiest individuals and corporations tax relief that will never, never, never trickle its way down to the common Jane and Joe, he has the gall to tell no less than 18 generals that a parade in his honor (make no mistake about it, it’s not in honor of the military) will make all of us stand up and cheer for our men and women in uniform.Let me make this very clear, Mr. President. I say this as the son of a veteran, the grandson of veterans, the inheritor of a bloodline of heroes extending to the American Revolution, and as a federal employee who worked for more than 30 years on behalf our our Nation's veterans and active-duty troops:We already stand up and cheer our troops…they are the finest in the world, and they do for Freedom what our hearts do for Life. They are the tireless, ceaselessly beating defenders of democracy. Their life’s blood has been spilled in places you will never see, nor probably have never even heard of. That blood runs like a crimson ribbon of courage across the war-tattered pages of the American story. Your parade will not change or enhance our love and admiration for those who are serving, or our abiding affection for those who rest in Elysian Fields.If ever a sign was needed to show that the man in the White House has no sense of propriety, compassion, decency, and practicality, this nutty notion of a military parade should be like a triple flashing, sirens-blaring, railroad warning that a massive train of public outrage is rolling down the tracks, and Mr. Trump has stalled his presidency directly on the crossing.There is simply no way our nation’s budget (or, for that matter, the meager budget of the District of Columbia) can handle such a parade without causing serious ripples across the Pentagon and beyond the Potomac. Can such a parade be paid for? Yes. Should such a parade be paid for with public funds? No. No. No. And if that is not enough. Hell no. And there shouldn’t be a parade at all (as noted in my previous column).It is one thing for a Presidential Inaugural Committee (three of which I’ve been a part) to raise funds for the every-four-years celebration of the presidency, but even a PIC budget covers only a portion of the overall costs of an inauguration. The Department of Defense, the District of Columbia, local and state governments, all chip in, and the manpower costs just for security, maintenance, and oversight are enormous.Trump has no idea what the fuel and maintenance costs of running just one $9 million, 60-ton M1 A2 Abrams main battle tank are (much less just getting some tanks to the parade: it takes one C-17 to fly a single tank anywhere, or two C-5s to deliver two tanks, if there aren’t enough tanks in the local DC area); he has no clue what the price of a fighter and bomber flyover would be (jet fuel isn’t cheap, nor are all the attendant costs with re-positioning the aircraft in order to organize and coordinate such an airshow, which has to be practiced); and he has no idea what the cost of assembling thousands of troops and their equipment would be against the overall readiness needs of today’s military. And these are only small examples of what would have to be accounted for should the president actually get his way with this cockamamie scheme.We are in the middle of an opioid epidemic; we are in the middle of an education/intellectual deficit; gangs cruise our neighborhoods and bullies cruise our schools; our roads are falling apart, our bridges are falling down, our air traffic control system is on the brink of failure; too many American children are still going hungry three times a day; too many single mothers or fathers are trying to cope with slender or no budgets in order to keep their kids in school and away from violence; for too many Americans, health insurance is out of reach; too many students are crushed in debt; and we are sorely lacking in congressional leadership at a time when cool heads and reasoned debate are called for to address the systemic problems that are eating away at the American confidence in a steady drip of partisan acid.A military parade is not going to solve any of these problems, nor will the expenditure of any public funds for such a parade improve our treasury’s ability to wrestle with the very real and present dangers facing our nation. Mr. Trump, if you must find a new way to admire yourself, I suggest you dig into your own pocket for another golden-framed full-length mirror, and preen for yourself like the clueless peacock you are.Part IIIOn Wednesday night, I saw an interview on NBC with a retired Army veteran, Sgt. Steve Colson—who served in Korea and Vietnam—at a Charlotte, NC, VFW post. Sgt. Colson was one of the few people interviewed who said he thought the idea of a military parade in Washington was a good idea. He said, “I was in the military for 20 years. I’ve been in some those parades… I think it would be a great thing.”First off, I have to thank Sgt. Colson for his service, and I don’t mean that in an offhanded, faithless way; I love America’s soldiers, sailors, Marines, aircrews, and Coast Guard sailors. I grew up in the 50s and 60s, the son of a West Point graduate, a World War II veteran who became a Cold War warrior and a Vietnam-era commander, and my father, like his father before him who served in World War I and World War II, believed to his core (and to his Corps), in the sacred duty he carried out in defense of the Constitution. My mother’s father served in the Army in Europe in World War I; my wife’s father served in the Navy in the Pacific in World War II.One of my nephews was a Marine, and countless friends of mine with whom I worked on Capitol Hill, at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for the Pentagon were combat veterans from World War II, Korea, the Cold War, Vietnam, the First Gulf War, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I am proud to call “colleague” a handful of Medal of Honor recipients, and one of my immediate supervisors at VA, Lt. Colonel (Ret) Tammy Duckworth (D-Il), who lost both her legs to enemy fire in Iraq, is now a United States Senator who has the fire and pride to call out Mr. Trump for his shameful excoriation of Democratic Members of Congress who would not applaud during his State of the Union address.Like my dad and my grandfathers and all our ancestors from the Revolution on, Sgt. Colson took the honorable path down a road strewn with the bodies and washed in the spent blood of generations of servicemen and women who, despite the fierceness of the fight before them, ran toward the danger, faced it head on, and acquitted themselves with great honor. Too many of them did not return; too many returned with external and internal wounds few civilians—save their families and medical teams—can ever imagine. That is why I love them; that is why Sgt. Colson and every man and woman I know who has worn, is wearing, or will wear the colors of our Nation’s uniforms deserve the unqualified thanks of a too-often ungrateful, or unthinking, nation. I would be proud to stand on the front row along Pennsylvania Avenue and applaud as Sgt. Colson marched by. So why not a parade to reaffirm our affection, or to shore up our wavering gratitude?Because the kind of parade envisioned by Mr. Trump has nothing to do with Sgt. Colson, my dad, my father-in-law, my grandfathers, or any of my veteran and active-duty friends. It has everything to do with a draft-dodging business thug and shameless provocateur for whom the military is nothing more than a child’s chest of toy soldiers, tanks, ships, and planes. Soldiers do not fight and die in the plush pile carpet of a spoiled brat’s playroom. They fight and die in places this president has not even deigned to visit.Our military does not need the kind of three-card-monte, barren-of-sincere-public-adulation envisioned by Mr. Trump at a time when the very reason our military personnel serve, fight, and die is under attack from within the government that sent them to war in the first place. The parade as envisioned by Mr. Trump would be a Potemkin display of vainglorious honor and self-serving tribute. It would be little more than a hollow and meaningless nod from a national leader who is systematically gutting—or certainly making every effort to pull down—the pillars of the Constitution, and to undermine the foundation of public trust from which those pillars so nobly rise.