The Navy has a bizarre, filthy annual tradition. Pete Hegseth should embrace it. ^3.5%

Slate Magazine - By Pat Cassels - 6/24/2026, 9:45 AM

Biased Writer Voice 16.6% - Politically Left Leaning Bias 12.9% - Appeal to Emotion 3.4%

The first thing the 1,000 men and women of the United States Naval Academy do, after hearing the artillery fire, is scream, tear off their shirts, and charge toward me. I have a painfully naive fantasy of being a war correspondent, but that’s not what this is. Probably for the best. Even here in the relative safety of Annapolis,... more