On each Veterans Day, I wear a long black scarf with bright red poppies. I bought it several years ago at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, and it reminds me that Veterans Day had once been “Armistice Day.” On that day in 1918, on the “11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month,” World War I ended.
But on that day I also remember a special veteran of World War II whom I lost in 2019. It is now my second Veterans Day without him. That man was my father, my hero.
A Republican friend of mine once told me that she often doesn’t like what President Trump says, but instead watches what he does. That’s good advice, especially…
The New York Times are excited to present the newest addition to the Portland protest scene: The Wall of Vets. So now it’s not just the “Wall of…
Memorial Day 2020, when we should all be mindful of and grateful for those who died on the battlefield under the flag of our nation, the New…
If you thought that police drones were an intrusion on your liberty, you’ll drop your jaw at robot dogs patrolling parks. After all, we’ve seen governors and…
Oleander is toxic to cats, but may be effective in treating cancer, and just may be a much-needed treatment for combating the novel coronavirus.
Iran received a blunt warning from President Trump this morning.
We’re all a bit verklempt about the spread of coronavirus, and our fears are understandable. But along came Twitter posters pushing the panic buttons further by posting…
It’s so predictable. If a young athlete rises into the rarefied air of athletic greatness, he’d better prove that he’s “woke.” Otherwise the Twitter Cancel Culture will…
Harry and Meghan are no longer Royals. That’s what they wanted, but as the saying goes, be careful what you wish for because the grass isn’t always…
Yesterday, at Joint Base Andrews, President Donald Trump signed the order for the creation of the U.S. Space Force, when he signed the National Defense Authorization Act….
Naval Aviators and their spouses all have strong ties to a certain base in a Florida panhandle town called Pensacola. Yesterday, bystanders heard jet noise and gunshots.
On Veterans Day, a star will align and pay tribute to our military veterans at precisely 11:11 am in Anthem, Arizona.
The insufferable petulance of the reflexively contrarian Left and the equally boorish #NeverTrumpers—including Bill Kristol—began almost immediately after the various parts of what was once Abu Bakr…
Some people who are proud conservatives just love Julian Assange. Some, like Judge Andrew Napolitano, call him a “hero” for exposing “information that the American public and the world…
Cesilia Valdovinos is a sergeant in the US Army who wears a hijab, for which she received approval by the Army. But last week she filed a complaint…
Gary Sinise starts his book, “Grateful American A Journey From Self To Service,” with this quote from Calvin Coolidge. “The nation which forgets its defenders will itself…
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