This past weekend, Major Brent Taylor was killed in action in Afghanistan, where the U.S. government has now been waging war for 17 long years. At the time he was killed, the 39-year-old Taylor was training an Afghan security force. One of his trainees turned his gun on Taylor and shot him dead.

Taylor, however, wasn’t only a soldier. He also was serving as the elected mayor of North Ogden, Utah. A member of the National Guard, Taylor gave … Continue reading Brent Taylor Did Not Die for God, Family, and Country