Archive for the ‘war’ Category
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It Started With Cortes
Posted on June 10, 2014
In a strange way, you can blame Hernan Cortes and his merry band of Conquistadors for the border crisis that has hit our southern border recently. El Salvador, Honduras and...
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Remembering a D-Day Anniversary
Posted on June 6, 2014
We were in Paris, having a couple of pints at the Harry’s American Bar, when we heard the news. Ronald Reagan had died....
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Shinseki Resigns
Posted on May 30, 2014
To be clear, the reason that Eric Shinseki resigned was because of political panic on the left, not the right. It was Democrats who were up for re-election in tough...
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As Ovechkin Scores Goals, Putin Conquers and Divides
Posted on March 3, 2014
I wonder what Alexander Ovechkin thinks. The star of the Washington Capitols is perhaps Russia’s most famous and most successful athlete currently working primarily in America....
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From the Shores of Tripoli
Posted on September 10, 2013
Thomas Jefferson hated bargaining with terrorists. In his day, the terrorists were pirates and they were based mostly in Tripoli, Algiers and other points in the Middle East. It had...
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