The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, “a date which will live in infamy,” declared President Franklin…
We’ve lost another great American. Gen. Chuck Yeager, a World War II double fighter ace and the first man to…
These times are among the strangest economic times we have ever lived through as a nation. We are simultaneously witnessing…
World War II, the most brutal, destructive, and murderous conflict in human history, was finally, mercifully racing toward a close…
After a war, even one fought for the highest of principles, civilized people long to return to civilian life. Good…
Some very fine songs came out of the crucible of World War II. Some of the best, rendered both uplifting…
Monday A full day. I slept late, but then I couldn’t swim because there were too many dead leaves in…
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Winston Churchill gave his maiden broadcast to the United Kingdom as prime minister 80 years ago May 19. It was…