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Peter Hitzeman

The Final Betrayal: Requiem for Afghanistan

The worst part of my job was not knowing. Now, the worst part is not knowing why.

5 min readAug 16, 2021

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The Final Betrayal: Requiem for Afghanistan

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Peter Hitzeman

The State Will Not Save Us from COVID-19

For the last seven decades, the worst news a private citizen could receive is that the US government has declared war on their behalf. The…

7 min readDec 7, 2020

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The State Will Not Save Us from COVID-19

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Peter Hitzeman

Pandora Will Have Her Say

As our leaders grasp for solutions to the COVID-19 crisis, what thought is being given to second- and third-order effects?

5 min readMar 22, 2020

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Pandora Will Have Her Say

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Peter Hitzeman

The Macabre Dance of Mass Murder

The worst feeling to wash over me in the hours since the mass shooting that rocked my beloved hometown is the numbness of resignation…

4 min readAug 5, 2019

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The Macabre Dance of Mass Murder

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Peter Hitzeman

The Rescue of American Bicycle Racing

If “road is dead,” it’s because we are killing it.

16 min readJan 14, 2019

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The Rescue of American Bicycle Racing

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The Moral Imperative of Fitness

Several lifetimes ago, in a smelly storage closet adjacent to the basketball court in a Midwestern high school, a goateed civics teacher…

9 min readDec 5, 2018

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Carrots, Sticks, Drugs, and the Law of Unintended Consequences

The midterm elections are finally behind us, and we can now all enjoy approximately twelve minutes of bliss before the next cycle begins…

5 min readNov 12, 2018

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Carrots, Sticks, Drugs, and the Law of Unintended Consequences

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Peter Hitzeman

The Discarded Strategies to Combat Sexual Violence

We must equip women for the world they live in, rather than the one we wish existed.

9 min readOct 9, 2018

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The Discarded Strategies to Combat Sexual Violence

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Peter Hitzeman

Stop Rocking My Vote

You may have heard there’s an election coming up. If the pundits are to be believed, this episode of American Politics (the reality show)…

6 min readSep 26, 2018

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Stop Rocking My Vote

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Peter Hitzeman

What Are You Going to Do About It?

A lifetime ago, I sat on a couch in my brother’s living room, swirling the last bit of brown liquid around the bottom of a tumbler. We had…

8 min readMar 5, 2018

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Peter Hitzeman

Peter Hitzeman

Veteran, writer, athlete, and acute observer of the world. Aspiring author, studious coach, reluctant tech nerd, and dogged pragmatist.

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