Larry Thornberry
Just when you thought Colin Kaepernick couldn’t get more over-the-top in dissing the country that has made him a wealthy…
“When we lost Saipan, hell was upon us,” Fleet Admiral Osami Nagano, supreme naval adviser to the Emperor, said. Vice Admiral Shigeyosh Miwa, commander of the Japanese submarine force that attacked Pearl Harbor, was even more precise after the war: “Our war was lost with the loss of Saipan. It meant that the United States could cut off our shipping and attack our homeland.”
Full disclosure up front: I don’t understand British politics. I don’t think many Americans do. Understanding our own is elusive…
In fairness to potential buyers of Language of the Spirit, Jan Swafford does not reveal why classical music is, or at least can be for those open to it, the language of our spirit. In fairness to Swafford, it’s doubtful that anyone could, so mysterious yet accessible is our greatest music. Instrumental music is, after all, a non-verbal art. The sounds can suggest things. But they can’t say them. Even so, those who’ve heard and loved the music from this tradition have no trouble understanding why it is indeed the language of our spirit.
The rules of engagement are out of whack. They favor the malefactor. And Monday in San Francisco the malefactor was…
My sources in Missoula have read me portions of the Montana GOP’s secret campaign manual. The top three electoral principles…
There wasn’t much of use to take away from that Psychology 101 course I took all those years ago. (The…
According to a Rasmussen telephone survey this week, only 29 percent of respondents believe that most recent college graduates have…
Looking at the headline to this column, you might have thought it was about a new rock band. (Not to…
The latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll showing Donald Trump with a falling job approval rating — 54 percent disapprove…
