Iran State TV station FARS announced Saturday morning that four American dual-nationality prisoners were released from Iranian custody in a “prisoner swap” with the United States.
There are very legitimate arguments being made that Barack Obama is in blatant violation of a law that was passed over Richard Nixon’s veto – the 1973 War Powers Act. By aligning himself with Nixon over an issue the most
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Pakistan to launch a major military offensive in North Waziristan The Pakistan army, working in conjunction with the U.S. military, will lanuch a military offensive against al-Qaeda and Taliban safe havens in Afghan border
EDITOR’S NOTE: Each year on the occasion of Memorial Day and in honor of all those who paid the ultimate price in service to their country, I publish a series of war stories that hold a special value in my
Monday is Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation’s service. Decoration Day was officially proclaimed on May 5th, 1868, by President Ulysses Grant, to honor and decorate with flowers
This Memorial Day is one of extreme significance for me. It’s more than complicated solely for the fact that I have lost friends of mine fighting in today’s war on terror. With that, it is also my birthday–a time to
When Pearl Harbor was attacked in December 7, 1941, Private Charlie Smith and his fellow soldiers in the First Armored Regiment, First Armored Division, 47th Medical Detachment, Company B, knew things were going to change for them. And they weren’t
This is Memorial Day and so I don’t want to nitpick, but how could the President possibly clear a speech for this day that reads: “It’s one of my highest honors. It is my most solemn responsibility as president to
“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.” –G.K. Chesterton
Kudos to the Military Times for putting together this tribute to the more than 540 soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines who died for their country in the past year. Please take a moment to watch the video and see their
On Feb 24th 2008 two men in Class A Army uniforms knocked on my door.. my son David called me to tell me they were there, I had been shopping… so I walked into my living room knowing my oldest
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Library of Congress opens the National Jukebox Nora Bayes Just in time for Memorial Day, the Library of Congress has opened a new web site containing digitized versions of over 10,000 records made from
My father Roger E. Tapson, a former United States Army Staff Sergeant and veteran of World War II, died seven years ago and was buried near a small lake in the rolling, pastoral grounds of the Dallas-Ft. Worth National Cemetery
A Canadian group that is sponsoring a boat from Canada to participate in the upcoming Freedom Flotilla II receives money from the Canadian government, the Toronto Sun reported on Friday. The Montreal-based group Alternatives has received $5 million from the
Robert Muise, Senior Counsel for the Thomas More Law Center: Teaching us how to solve the problem of Sharia A seminal, if ominous report released May 17, 2011 by the Center for Security Policy described fifty appellate court cases from
President Obama’s speech on the Middle East at the State Department last week, his icy glares at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office last Friday, his address before the AIPAC conference on Sunday, and his subsequent press
From the Associated Press: Capping an extensive trip to Europe, President Barack Obama said that the United States must always “leave room” to throw financial and moral support behind nations fighting for freedoms even during tough economy times.
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. New crisis on the road to Fatah-Hamas reconciliation A major dispute has erupted between the Fatah and Hamas delegations to the talks in Cairo on implementing a Palestinian reconciliation. The dispute is over a
An Australian organization called the Institute for Economics and Peace has released its annual “Global Peace Index.” And it doesn’t fare so well for the United States. Iceland is the “most peaceful” (okay, maybe) country and Somalia is the “least
At a two-day meeting in Deauville, France, G-8 leaders pledged $20 billion in aid to Egypt and Tunisia over the next three years, according to Spiegel. The $20 billion will be provided by the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund
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As we in the free-world have stood by and watched, 2011 has marked the awakening of the principles of freedom within the hearts of Arab people throughout the Middle East. Syria, which has long stood at the crossroads of the
In the last several days it has been reported that Iran is planning to place medium-range missiles in Venezuela. Such information seems to confirm last November’s article published by the German daily Die Welt. The newspaper reported that an agreement
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Pending US existing home sales drop 12% In a new shock to economists, the number of Americans signing contracts to buy previously owned homes plunged 11.6% in April, far more than the 1% they
The body count in Mexico’s drug wars keeps rising, now approaching 40,000 since President Felipe Calderón took office in late 2006. Growing public anger about that horrific situation leads Mexican officials to look for scapegoats, and a favorite candidate has
From the UK’s Daily Mail: Poland’s former president and Solidarity founder Lech Walesa has snubbed an invitation to meet with President Barack Obama. Mr Walesa, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, had been invited by Polish President Bronislaw
