Wizards of Oz

60 years ago this very moment (22:48 EST on Jan. 31st 1958), approximately 100 days after the Soviets launched SPUTNIK-1 (the world'...

On November 10, 1775, a Corps of Marines was created by a resolution of the Continental Congress. OOOrah!

On the morning of 25 October 1415, shortly before the Battle of Agincourt, young King Henry V ("Harry") roused his beleaguere...

In February 2011, my blogfriends at Chicago Boyz hosted a "Reagan Centenary Roundtable" in honor of the 100th birthday of our 40t...

Now that the Sequester -- the by-product of the Budget Control Act of 2011 -- has been invoked, I have sent an open letter to my Congres...

I admit it. We're addicted to caffeine. Trimethylxanthine. Freshly pulled espresso with a layer of coda del topo crema. Nearly 12 ye...

(Reposting from my Veterans' Day post of 2007) The armistice that ended "The Great War" (World War I) was signed on the ...

 

The Liberty High School "Pride of the Lancers" Marching Band did their best performance of the year in the Colorado Bandmasters As...

    The Oakland A's swept the Texas Rangers to win the American League West -- overcoming a five-game deficit just a week ago! Now ...

U.S. gymnast McKayla Maroney's frown on the podium following her silver-medal women's vault performance represents a common theme ...

Summer 2012 featured our second-longest family road-trip ever (in terms of duration): "To Wonderland and Back" , where Sophiepean...

In the early morning hours of May 2nd, 2011 (Pakistani time), Operation NEPTUNE SPEAR (a kill-or-capture mission targeting Osama bin Lade...

Killed in Action in America’s first battle: John Brown Samuel Hadley Caleb Harrington Jonathon Harrington Robert Munroe Isaac Muzz...

On Saturday (Dec 31st), President Obama signed into law the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act.  While most of the coverage of this ...