It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a bird on a plane!
Last week, I wrote about seeing a World War II-vintage B-17 bomber flying into the Lawrence, MA airport. It turns out it was a fund-raising event for the Experimental Aircraft…
It's 1945 all over again
If anyone else were to tell this story, I'd call BS on them. But it's all true, every single word of it. Yesterday morning, I noted the formal end of…
It’s 1945 all over again
If anyone else were to tell this story, I’d call BS on them. But it’s all true, every single word of it. Yesterday morning, I noted the formal end of…
A historic injustice
Today marks the 60 anniversary of the formal surrender of the Japanese, when the representatives of Emperor Hirohito signed the unconditional surrender on the deck of the battleship USS Missouri….
San Diego Marine Killed In Hit And Run
USMC Capt. Patrick Klokow was killed by a hit and run driver in San Diego last week, not far from where our family was staying. The story grabbed my attention…
Pentagon Offering Mission Names On Tombstones
Looks like the media is slant the facts of yet another story into a jab at the Bush administration. Troops' Gravestones Have Pentagon Slogans ARLINGTON, Va. – Unlike earlier wars,…
Army Planning For Four More Years In Iraq
This will have the political left buzzing. WASHINGTON – The Army is planning for the possibility of keeping the current number of soldiers in Iraq — well over 100,000 –…
"Marine Of The Year" shooting — an update
Now that the initial buzz over the story of Marine Sergeant Daniel Cotnoir's firing a ahotgun has abated, more details are emerging. And my earlier piece's "oops" appears to have…
Just what does President Bush owe Cindy Sheehan?
During all the stir about the Cindy Sheehan story, I started wondering: is there a historical precedent for this? I recall stories of letters from Abraham Lincoln to mothers who…
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