Two hundred years ago, on Feb. 7, 1824, President James Monroe invited Revolutionary War hero Gen. Lafayette to the United States. Earlier, Lafayette had expressed his wish to visit this country fo… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent journalism…
The advanced age of Joe Biden is on the ballot in November, when he will be almost 82 years old. You can view his physical stumbles, his angry tirades at the sky, his sentences that trail off into the… No…
In 1963, Martin Luther King delivered his “I Had a Dream” speech. At the time, racist barriers substantially impacted the life chances of blacks, the parents and grandparents of today’s black youths…. No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent journalism…
Why do we celebrate a holiday honoring a man who was arrested and jailed twenty-nine times, and was ultimately assassinated? What lessons can we learn from this man, Martin Luther King, Jr. and from A… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here….
I was very naïve when I left the military. I’d spent years concentrating on “leadership,” daydreaming about how I would perform under threat of gunfire and IEDs, scanning the daily news from Iraq, … No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support…
I’ll be home for Christmas, you can plan on me, please have snow, and mistletoe, and presents by the tree, Christmas Eve will find me, where the love light gleams, I’ll be home for Christmas, if only … No hoodwinking…
On this date, at 7:55 a.m., Dec. 7, 1941, Imperial Japan launched its surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Their goal was to keep the U.S. military from supporting American possessions like the Ph… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support…
Just when Ronald Reagan seems to have survived a Nationalist Right charge that his philosophy was a kind of zombie Libertarianism, here comes Henry Olsen promoting his 2017 The Working Class Republica… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent journalism…
A lot of men who have seen combat refuse to talk about it. Which is too bad for both them and for us. PTSD is a very real problem (I have been in combat with at least two people I…
The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 1296 is in a blue-collar area of suburban Minneapolis. With a UH-1 “Huey” helicopter permanently touching down by its doors and an M1 57mm anti-tank gun ensurin… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support…