Death, Duty, D-Day
“He that outlives this day, and comes safe home will stand a tip-toe when this day is named… Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot, but he’ll remember with advantages what feats he did that day.” — Shakespeare, Henry…
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14 articles
Duty and Sacrifice
For the majority of Americans, Memorial Day is first and foremost a three-day weekend. Time to watch the Indianapolis 500 or a baseball game; time to open the swimming pool or have a picnic. The American flag will be appropriated…
Remembering- With Pain, Anger, and Vigilance
A brand on the hide of history and the spot still raw.
The Pseudo-Scientists of Earthism
Kenneth P. Green’s recently raised points about saving “climate science” from itself are certainly well taken. By all means, let us rescue good science from the politico-charlatans and at last find how much “there” is really there in regard to…
What Did Mr. Murtha Mean
Cong. "Jack" Murtha is a sort of local legend here in Western Pennsylvania.
Maybe Now We'll Get It
Maybe, as this terrible business in Lebanon unfolds, we'll finally get it:
Routine Evil
There was an awful inevitability to what happened to those two American soldiers.
Gangland Slaying
Ahmed Fadhil Nazzal al-Khalayleh was a murderous Jordanian thug who might have died relatively unknown. But the sullen, quick tempered, semi-literate gangster, thought by some in his own hometown to be a dangerous half-wit, had "found religion" as the expression…
Courage in Profiles
As the story unfolds of the arrest of 17 suspected Islamic terrorists and the seizure of a huge cache of explosive materials, Canadians, Americans, and free men everywhere can be thankful that the Canadian police and intelligence services had the…
Confronting 'He Who Confronts'
If I may paraphrase the late Richard Pryor. That Saddam. He BAD.
Telling the Difference Between Hamas and Shinola
First, remember the old wisdom regarding basic knowledge -- the importance of being able to tell the crucial difference between fecal matter and a certain brand of shoe polish.
Armor All
Pfc. Steven Tschiderer fell thunderously when a high power round from a Dragonoff sniper rifle hit him in the chest.
An Ugly Little Reality
The bomb attack on the Palestine Hotel, in Baghdad, last week was typical of the vast majority of terrorist bombings in Iraq. It was a military failure, but to some extent a propaganda success in that it got the attention…
Americans in the Age of Parody
There has been a replacement of Christianity and other freely expressed religions by a secular faith that scourges the expression of faith as blasphemy. Demanding public expression of bowing to the "law" (see Mosaic)