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Saturday, May 31
Officials Find Massacred Children, Babies in Peruvian Mass Grave
by
Riley Jones
on Sat 31 May 2008 09:40 AM EDT
Forensics experts began piling the dusty skeletons of 60 people — including children and babies — into boxes Friday, 24 years after they were killed by the military in this village in Peru's highlands. Peru's government-appointed truth commission said that 123 people were killed in the 1984 massacre in Putis — the largest mass slaying of the bloody standoff between Maoist Shining Path guerrillas and a state-sponsored counterinsurgency campaign. More>>> Friday, May 30
Bishop says collapse of Christianity is wrecking British society - and Islam is filling the void
by
Riley Jones
on Fri 30 May 2008 12:24 PM EDT
The collapse of Christianity has wrecked British society, a leading Church of England bishop declared yesterday. It has destroyed family life and left the country defenceless against the rise of radical Islam in a moral and spiritual vacuum. More>>> Thursday, May 29
The Good, the Bad, and the Thirsty - drunkards in the old west.
by
Riley Jones
on Thu 29 May 2008 01:11 PM EDT
With the exception of a few goofy teetotalers, in the average Old West town you couldn’t swing a dead cat without hitting a serious tippler (and he’d probably shoot you soon after). The drinkers you’re about to cross paths with—con-men, gunslingers, gamblers, madams, lawdogs and soiled doves—are among the very best. More>>> Tuesday, May 27
Monday, May 26
Last known WWI veteran honored for Memorial Day
by
Riley Jones
on Mon 26 May 2008 01:17 PM EDT
Frank Woodruff Buckles, the last known living American-born veteran of World War I, was honored Sunday at the Liberty Memorial during Memorial Day weekend celebrations. "I had a feeling of longevity and that I might be among those who survived, but I didn't know I'd be the No. 1," the 107-year-old veteran said at a ceremony to unveil his portrait. More>>>
Joseph Farah: If I were prime minister of Israel
by
Riley Jones
on Mon 26 May 2008 12:29 PM EDT
What can Israel do to achieve peace with its Middle East neighbors? I'm often asked that question by radio and TV interviewers. I won't tell you there are any easy answers – especially after so many strategic blunders by Israeli political leaders. But there is a starting point. If I were prime minister of Israel, I would begin by explaining to the country's enemies and friends alike – all over the world – that practically everything they have heard about the conflict between Arabs and Israelis is wrong. First, the Jews in Israel took no one's land. When Mark Twain visited the Holy Land in the 19th century, he was greatly disappointed. He didn't see any people. He referred to it as a vast wasteland. The land we now know as Israel was practically deserted. More>>>
Life without Miller
by
Riley Jones
on Mon 26 May 2008 12:22 PM EDT
Milwaukee is Brew City, USA. So how would the city cope with the loss of its last brewer's headquarters if MillerCoors based itself elsewhere? Can Milwaukee still boast the nickname "Brew City" if its last remaining major brewer packs up its pens, pencils and starched corporate shirts? More>>>
American Heroes: Hugh Thompson- The Hero of My Lai
by
Riley Jones
on Mon 26 May 2008 05:00 AM EDT
Thompson took off again, and Andreotta reported that Sergeant Mitchell was now executing the people in the ditch. Furious, Thompson flew over the northeast corner of the village and spotted a group of about ten civilians, including children, running toward a homemade bomb shelter. Pursuing them were soldiers from the 2nd Platoon, C Company. Realizing that the soldiers intended to murder the Vietnamese, Thompson landed his aircraft between them and the villagers. Thompson turned to Colburn and Andreotta and told them that if the Americans began shooting at the villagers or him, they should fire their M60 machine guns at the Americans: "Y'all cover me! If these bastards open up on me or these people, you open up on them. Promise me!" He then dismounted to confront the 2nd Platoon's commander, Lt. Stephen Brooks. Thompson told him he wanted help getting the peasants out of the bunker: Thompson: Hey listen, hold your fire. I'm going to try to get these people out of this bunker. Just hold your men here. Brooks: Yeah, we can help you get 'em out of that bunker - with a hand grenade! More>>>
10 Things to Remember About Memorial Day
by
Riley Jones
on Mon 26 May 2008 01:00 AM EDT
Memorial Day is more than just a three-day weekend and a chance to get the year’s first sunburn. Here’s a handy 10-pack of facts to give the holiday some perspective. More>>> Sunday, May 25
Coincidence helps family recover war hero's dog tag
by
Riley Jones
on Sun 25 May 2008 11:25 PM EDT
So relatives were stunned to learn recently that after 63 years there was something more _ and more personal _ from the Baldwin soldier: His dog tag, unearthed last February by a German souvenir hobbyist with a metal detector in the forest where Ray, 23, had been killed on Nov. 17, 1944. More>>> Saturday, May 24
10 minute interview with members of the Legendary 101st Airborne
by
Riley Jones
on Sat 24 May 2008 10:58 PM EDT
Paris during Nazi occupation was ‘one big romp’
by
Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sat 24 May 2008 09:29 PM EDT
A new book which suggests that the German occupation of France encouraged the sexual liberation of women has shocked a country still struggling to come to terms with its troubled history of collaboration with the Nazis. More>>>
World War II Veterans Are Dying at Rate of More Than 1,000 a Day, Numbers Dwindling
by
Riley Jones
on Sat 24 May 2008 09:09 PM EDT
They were a swashbuckling lot — parachuting behind enemy lines, charging onto sandy beaches as bullets whizzed by, liberating countries from a totalitarian grip. They jitterbugged the nights away, sang about faraway sweethearts and painted the noses of their B-17 bombers with bawdy pinups. "They're overpaid, over-sexed and over here," the British groused about their American allies. More>>>
Political Wisdom: Are Conservatives Out of Gas?
by
Riley Jones
on Sat 24 May 2008 10:22 AM EDT
From the WSJ: Richard Nixon laid the groundwork for the conservative rise of the last few decades, Packer writes, and Ronald Reagan consolidated that rise. But: “In retrospect, the Reagan Presidency was the high-water mark of conservatism…After Reagan and the end of the Cold War, conservatism lost the ties that had bound together its disparate factions—libertarians, evangelicals, neoconservatives, Wall Street, working-class traditionalists. Without the Gipper and the Evil Empire, what was the organizing principle?” More>>> Friday, May 23
Vintage Video- 2001 Taliban version of 'Let The Bodies Hit The Floor'
by
Riley Jones
on Fri 23 May 2008 10:27 PM EDT
Indiana Jones makes Russian communists see Red
by
Riley Jones
on Fri 23 May 2008 10:15 AM EDT
Russia (Reuters) - Russian Communist party members condemned the new Indiana Jones' film on Friday as crude anti-Soviet propaganda that distorted history and called for it to be banned from Russian screens. "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" stars Harrison Ford as an archeologist in 1957 competing with an evil KGB agent, played by Cate Blanchett, to find a skull endowed with mystic powers. More>>> Thursday, May 22
20 Reasons for Gun Control
by
Riley Jones
on Thu 22 May 2008 10:00 AM EDT
20 Reasons for Gun Control
1. Banning guns works, which is why New York, DC, Tuesday, May 20
Investigators to dig for bodies at Manson refuge
by
Riley Jones
on Tue 20 May 2008 05:59 PM EDT
RIDGECREST — Decades after law enforcement raided the ranch where Charles Manson hid following a 1969 killing spree, detectives and scientists returned to hunt for undiscovered graves Tuesday. More>>> Monday, May 19
The Real Crystal Skulls
by
Riley Jones
on Mon 19 May 2008 02:59 PM EDT
Skulls are humanity's foremost symbol of death, and a powerful icon in the visual vocabularies of cultures all over the globe. Thirteen crystal skulls of apparently ancient origin have been found in parts of Mexico, Central America and South America, comprising one of the most fascinating subjects of 20th Century archaeology. More>>> Sunday, May 18
It was called 'The Peacemaker'
by
Riley Jones
on Sun 18 May 2008 01:39 PM EDT
US Army General George S. Patton, who began his career in the cavalry, carried a custom-made SAA with ivory grips engraved with his initials and an eagle, which became his trademark. He used it during the Mexican Punitive Expedition of 1916 to kill two of Pancho Villa's lieutenants, and carried it until his death in 1945 shortly after the end of World War II.
Saturday, May 17
Jimmy Carter’s Second Term
by
Riley Jones
on Sat 17 May 2008 11:56 PM EDT
You have to admit it takes guts. Audacity, even. Senator Barack Obama, the presumptive nominee of the Democrats, has in essence just defeated the heiress of the Clinton era by campaigning as the heir-apparent of the Carter era. More>>> |
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