In August, 1945, Royal Air Force troops in Burma had received perhaps as many as 140 brand new Spitfires in shipping crates. No longer neede...

Japanese Army forces on Guadalcanal were desperately short of food and on November 26, 1942, radioed pleading for more. The previous three w...

I've been reading articles by Bruce Bartlett recently with a sense of wonder. As in, I wonder when and why he started to make good sense...

We went to see "Lincoln" this afternoon. Everyone should see it. Not because of the great acting, though that was at least service...

There's a war on, you know! The soldiers need gasoline. And rubber is in short supply. November 26 saw nationwide gas rationing. Take ...

I just took a look at the agenda for the Oriental Town Board meeting on December 4. A public hearing has been announced to discuss Growth Ma...

I never know how to react when I learn that a contemporary has passed on. Dean Faulkner was William Faulkner's niece and stepdaughter....

Michael Hiltzik, writing in the Los Angeles Times, makes it pretty clear that Hostess' problems were caused by management , not the unio...