‘In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.’
I doubt that I will ever again agree with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on anything. Mr. Jeffries began his salute to members of the United States Ghost Army of World War II with the Churchill quote and there couldn’t be a more perfect tribute to the art of war in this instance. Today, they received their due with the Congressional Gold Medal.
I really thought it was a hoax, but it was not. The iconic WWII Kiss Photo taken in New York City as the world celebrated Victory over…
“Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue.” Admiral Chester Nimitz
Let me start this post by announcing that I am in no way diminishing the evil that the Nazis unleashed in Europe. My father, who volunteered for…
On Memorial Day it is fitting to honor the fallen by reading the works of wartime poets. And no one wrote of war and death like the…
Ice cream is a welcome treat for visitors after they have spent hours visiting cultural sites on vacation. But a pink-and-white ice cream stand outside the “Death…
A a wife, a mother, a grandmother, a Queen. A lady who influenced a country and the world as Britain’s longest serving Monarch. A woman who loved…
America has lost a national treasure: Hershel “Woody” Williams passed away on Wednesday, and America bid farewell to the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from World War…
Eighty years ago this weekend, a battle began which decided the future of American might in the Pacific. That would be the Battle of Midway, which raged…
While we’re all watching with amazement at the toughness of the Ukrainian military, our Air Force has decided to create safe spaces. Because, you know, feelings.
There is a phone call floating around the internet in which a Russian wife tells her soldier husband to rape Ukrainian women. Just use protection, she says.
In times of turmoil, the Good Lord often gives us signs of hope. One of those signs was that Crying Adam Kinzinger was redistricted in Illinois and…
Few of us can imagine holding a job for 70 years. Some might not even imagine being married for that long. But Elizabeth II has held down…
Australia has been under a totalitarian thumb throughout the Covid pandemic. It’s shocking for us in the States to see an its citizens living in a police…
Each year, the History Theatre of St. Paul, MN, has honored World War II veterans through its holiday event, “Christmas of Swing.” The production uses songs and…
Here we go again. We all saw this coming. Stevie Wonder saw this coming. The people who cancelled Thomas Jefferson and Teddy Roosevelt are working their little…
On Friday, America said goodbye to Bob Dole: US Senator, World War II hero, and son of Kansas. Many years ago, my husband and I had the…
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