The Vietnam War has claimed its victims in various dreadful ways, but the death last week of Lewis B. Puller Jr.
Lewis B. Puller Jr.: The Wound That Would Not Heal
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Eulogy: GENERAL NGUYEN NGOC LOAN
I won a Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for a photograph of one man shooting another. Two people died in that photograph: the recipient of the bullet and GENERAL NGUYEN NGOC LOAN
"I Have Seen The Promised Land"
The triumphs of the Montgomery bus boycott and the March on Washington with its stirring “I Have a Dream” speech, the passage of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights acts and the winning of the Nobel Peace Prize were all behind Martin Luther King Jr. when he began the last and perhaps loneliest year of his life in January 1968
Is Afghanistan Obama’s Vietnam?
U.S. President Barack Obama says the war in Afghanistan isn’t going to end up like Vietnam.
Does ‘strengthening diplomacy’ warrant Nobel? Americans split
The decision to award President Obama the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to “strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples” appears to have left some in the United States divided over whether non-tangible achievements are worthy of such an esteemed award. “So can anyone tell me how this man won the Nobel Peace Prize” iRepoter Katy Brown wondered, asking whether it had more to do with him becoming the first black U.S.
Dan Rather’s lawsuit against CBS dismissed
A New York appeals court on Tuesday dismissed Dan Rather’s $70 million lawsuit against CBS, in which the television news anchor accused his former employer of breach of contract.
Bird-eating frog among 163 new species found in Mekong region
A frog that eats birds and a gecko with leopard stripes are among the 163 new species discovered last year in the Greater Mekong region of southeast Asia, according to a report by the World Wildlife Fund. The discovery of 100 new plants, 28 fish, 18 reptiles, 14 amphibians, two mammals and one bird species highlights the extent of the biodiversity in the region, said Barney Long, head of the WWF’s Asian Species Conservation program
Medal of Honor awarded sparsely in Iraq, Afghanistan
When President Obama gave a Medal of Honor to Sgt. 1st Class Jared Monti’s family this week, it was just the sixth time the nation’s highest medal for valor has been awarded to a hero of the current conflicts.
Zombies give life to our economic blues
In these times of economic woe where better to escape the bitter reality of the credit crunch than your local, friendly multiplex? Or maybe not
Scam targets veterans’ credit card info, VA warns
Watch out for the latest scam targeting veterans and their credit card numbers, the Department of Veterans Affairs warns.