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 …
Tag: Military
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …