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An Officer, Gentleman, Senator May. 09, 2018
At lunch in the Senate Dining Room, the man knocked on the table in a burst of taps. Senator John Mc... Read More
Republicans and Patriotism Apr. 07, 2018
The election night words of the long-shot Republican candidate after his upset victory remain with m... Read More
Patriotism On the Cheap Jan. 27, 2018
For the first two centuries of U.S. history — while Americans were proudly winning a war for i... Read More
In the Company of Heroes Aug. 06, 2016
Air Force Col. Bud Day, having already fought in World War II and the Korean War, was flying his 65t... Read More
Politics Becomes Theater of the Absurd May. 27, 2016
The Theater of the Absurd was the vogue of the '60s, when the cry was "anything goes." and everythin... Read More
Is America Becoming More -- or Less -- Free? May. 25, 2016
Speaking this week in Ho Chi Minh City in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam — at what the Whit... Read More
Obama to Visit the Land of State-Owned Enterprises May. 19, 2016
President Barack Obama next week will visit Vietnam, which his own State Department last month certi... Read More
Coming Home a Changed Man Apr. 02, 2016
Dear Annie: I read the letter from "Too Little, Too Late," whose Vietnam vet husband is robotic and ... Read More
Will GOP Congress 'Affirm' Legitimacy of State-Owned Businesses? Feb. 03, 2016
In October, President Barack Obama said that the Trans-Pacific Partnership his administration had ju... Read More
A Luxury Cruise From Cambodia to Vietnam on the RV Mekong Pandaw Jun. 28, 2015
By Sandra Scott I have watched scores of National Geographic specials, and the ones that intrigued ... Read More
Consider the Source Dec. 13, 2014
On election night in 1986, when John McCain won the U.S. Senate seat in Arizona long held by Republi... Read More
Trolling for Hollers Nov. 12, 2014
For last week's postelection column, I described a piece of artwork that hangs in my home. Titled "R... Read More
Truly Right From the Start Oct. 11, 2014
In September 2002, before the Bush administration got its green light from a supine Congress and a f... Read More
If Baghdad Falls Jul. 09, 2014
The lesson of Vietnam is that we refuse to learn any lessons from Vietnam. Even to dare mention the ... Read More
This Week, the Answer Man Looks at Speleology May. 10, 2014
1. What does a speleologist study? 2. When visiting caves or caverns, you may come across soda straw... Read More
Dumb Wars, Now and Forever Mar. 18, 2013
It is a staple of our widely trumpeted Judeo-Christian heritage that the acknowledgment of sin is a ... Read More
Gen. Petraeus, Find Us a Way Out Jul. 12, 2010
The Afghanistan War last month became America's longest conflict, surpassing the record, eight years... Read More
