Keep your life going in the direction you want, and actually pay recognition to one of those colored ribbons we see every day. As we pay a little more attention to the meaning and effect of Red ...

In this case, a bit of red, yellow, blue and white cloth that just about everyone ... will no longer award the National Defense Service Medal (NDSM) to service members after Dec. 31, 2022.

Sounds harmless enough. Except the ribbons, based on a Belarusian folk embroidery pattern, are red-and-white -- colors that have become synonymous with the country's long-simmering opposition to ...