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The Illumination: A Novel of the Great War

The Illumination: A Novel of the Great War

On the Western Front in 1918, three forge a friendship in the trenches amidst a war that would devastate an entire generation.

2021

K.J. Wetherholt

K.J. Wetherholt

Stories

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Kris Wetherholt
in
Humanitas: An Examination of Modern Humanism

The Underestimated Combatant: Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN)

The following has been taken from the preface of the book, ELN: A Profile of Ejército de Liberación Nacional (2021), which was just…

6 min readAug 4, 2021

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The Underestimated Combatant: Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN)

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Kris Wetherholt

From a Former Caregiver: After “The Long Goodbye”

A few years after my father died, I had written an email to someone who had witnessed the love of a caregiver for his wife who had…

12 min readAug 9, 2021

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From a Former Caregiver: After “The Long Goodbye”

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Kris Wetherholt
in
Humanitas: An Examination of Modern Humanism

Countering Stephen Biddle’s “Fallacy of Guerilla Warfare” in His Book, Nonstate Warfare (2021)

My father, who had been in Army Counter-Intelligence(CIC) during the Korean War, with an IQ his commanding officer called “off the charts,”…

9 min readAug 5, 2021

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Countering Stephen Biddle’s “Fallacy of Guerilla Warfare” in His Book, Nonstate Warfare (2021)

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Kris Wetherholt
in
Humanitas: An Examination of Modern Humanism

A Neighbor Among Neighbors

A New Book Commemorates 150 Years of Chicago’s Erie Neighborhood House — Serving Immigrants, Neighbors, and Championing Social Justice

4 min readOct 5, 2020

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A Neighbor Among Neighbors

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Kris Wetherholt

For RBG

The Lost Daughter

3 min readSep 19, 2020

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Kris Wetherholt
in
Humanitas: An Examination of Modern Humanism

Pandora: Challenging the Artform of the Traditional Graphic Novel

An interview with Pandora Author/Artist/Filmmaker, Pamela Theodotou on the Cinemagraphic Novel inspired by Mary Shelley and Frankenstein

7 min readNov 15, 2019

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Pandora: Challenging the Artform of the Traditional Graphic Novel

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Kris Wetherholt
in
Humanitas: An Examination of Modern Humanism

Jack Ryan, Season 2 — Venezuela: Too Little Too Late

This is another sad depiction of South America as rendered by Hollywood; it took until the last two episodes of Season 2 of Jack Ryan…

7 min readNov 3, 2019

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Jack Ryan, Season 2 — Venezuela: Too Little Too Late

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Kris Wetherholt
in
Humanitas: An Examination of Modern Humanism

Best Horror Movies for Halloween

Halloween is one of the best times of year — by default — to watch horror movies. Some would suggest that there is something about…

7 min readOct 31, 2019

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Best Horror Movies for Halloween

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Kris Wetherholt
in
Humanitas: An Examination of Modern Humanism

The Fast Track to a Life Well-lived is Feeling Grateful

For the Ancient Greeks, virtue wasn’t a goal in and of itself, but rather a route to a life well lived.

1 min readOct 13, 2019

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The Fast Track to a Life Well-lived is Feeling Grateful

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Kris Wetherholt
in
Humanitas: An Examination of Modern Humanism

For Rachel Carson, Wonder Was a Radical State of Mind

For many Americans, the much-celebrated cycle of expansion and construction, of extraction and consumption, appeared infinite.

1 min readOct 13, 2019

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For Rachel Carson, Wonder Was a Radical State of Mind

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Kris Wetherholt

Kris Wetherholt

Book Author

Writer, Publisher/Executive Editor of MIPJ and Principal, Humanitas Foundation. Interdisciplinary SME on Modern war (WWI-Present). Proponent of wry humanism.

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