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The Targets in the Desert Nov. 10, 2024
As I likened the election to an impending airplane crash, the irony was not lost on me that I spent ... Read More
The War to End War Nov. 10, 2023
You'll go to work if you have to. You'll grocery shop, maybe. You'll make love or eat soup or have a... Read More
Justice Thomas Provides Clarity on the Memorial Cross Jun. 26, 2019
Ninety-nine years ago, Democrat Sen. John Walter Smith of Maryland provided $50 of his own — n... Read More
'We' Once Did Fight Wars Jun. 08, 2019
Beneath the perfectly manicured lawns and under the pines and elm trees at the Normandy cemetery lie... Read More
Think Things Are Bad Now? They Were Lots Worse in 1919 Jan. 04, 2019
The hundredth anniversary of the Armistice that ended the fighting of World War I in Europe came and... Read More
Amid Complaints, a Reason to Give Thanks Nov. 16, 2018
"It's the worst of times." The words are Charles Dickens', from the opening paragraph of a novel set... Read More
Nationalism and Patriotism Don't Have to Be Opposites Nov. 14, 2018
On Sunday, French President Emmanuel Macron spoke at a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the... Read More
Trump Insults Our Troops, Again Nov. 14, 2018
Among Donald Trump's favorite stump-speech cliches is insisting on his fervent veneration of our mil... Read More
Vintage Postcard Piques Interest Apr. 27, 2018
Q: I found the World War I postcard seen in this picture in a home I bought in Palm Springs, Califor... Read More
Ladies of Leisure Loved China Painting Apr. 22, 2016
Q: This is a photo of several pieces of Bavarian porcelain dishes that my grandmother hand-painted b... Read More
Gallipoli: 100 Years of Consequences Apr. 29, 2015
In Australia and New Zealand, the annual holiday Australia and New Zealand Army Corps Day commemorat... Read More
A Year of Anniversaries Dec. 30, 2014
2014 has been a year of anniversaries. It was the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the First Wo... Read More
Behind the Sinking of the Lusitania Sep. 02, 2014
About how America became involved in certain wars, many conspiracy theories have been advanced ̵... Read More
MH17 and the Ukraine Blame Game Jul. 24, 2014
In the days after the tragic loss of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, global indignation has ignited aga... Read More
A Golden Dollar for a $100,000 President Jan. 02, 2014
There are those who contend that looking to the past is unproductive. Perhaps. But wise people like ... Read More
Social Democracy is Dead Jun. 29, 2011
How many nails does it require to forever whack down the coffin lid on European social democracy? It... Read More
The 9/11 of American Diplomacy Dec. 01, 2010
Not since Leon Trotsky began publishing the secrets of the Romanov archives in 1918 has there been a... Read More
