On 28 Jan 1915 an act of Congress created the US Coast Guard. Several organizations that had existed for a long time were merged under the new name. Anyway, happy birthday, Coasties!
Today in 2006 Saudi Arabia recalled its ambassador from Denmark to protest caricatures of Muhammad published in a Danish newspaper. The protests spread across the world for weeks, and dozens of people were killed. I do believe that Islam is a...
Today in 1968, the US intelligence-gathering ship Pueblo was seized by North Korean naval vessels and charged with spying and violating North Korean waters. Negotiations to free the 83-man crew drug on for nearly a year. We denied that the ship was...
On 28 Jan, Our Vietnam Generation will premiere at teh Fox Theatre in Detroit. Tickets are available through ticketmaster or the Fox Th box office. This is a documentary on Michigan’s Vietnam Veterans. The film is the work of 9-time Emmy...
The purpose of our military is t be the most effective military force in the world; this deters a great deal of trouble for us. No one wants to mess with the biggest guy on the block. The purpose of the military is not to manifest all the wonderful...
Today in 1981, minutes after Ronald Reagan became president the 52 American hostages were released by Iran. Iranian “student” attacked and captured our embassy; note: an attack on an embassy is an act of war. But Jimmy Carter was...
I was the Mideast war planner for US Readiness Command at MacDill AFB in Tampa from 1977 to 1981. In those days we thought the enemy we’d be fighting over the Mideast oil would be the Soviet Union. My modest efforts probably became a part of...
Isn’t it funny how some people often excuse wrong doing on the grounds that some folks just cannot help how they act, that their socio-economic circumstances force them to do the vicious things they do. While they complain a lot about them, these...
In 2007 the State of Missouri’s citizens voted on a constitutional amendment designating English as the official language of Missouri. It passed with nearly 90% of the vote. Thus, English is the only language in which the state does business. They...
Since the members of Congress, like those of us in the military, take an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the US, it’s a darned good thing that they read it regularly–and publicly is a good idea. The problem lies with the...