Occasionally, I turn my blog over to others who offer lucid and compelling commentary on events impacting our nation. Today, E. W. Jackson, the presiding Bishop of The Called Church, nationally syndicated radio host, and a Virginian, has the floor. This is a repost of a column for the American …
In 2011 I wrote a story about Vang Pao, a Hmong guerilla leader who led the CIA’s “Secret Army” in Laos. Vang Pao had just passed away and I thought it was important to tell Americans just who this fiercely loyal man was and what he did to help the …
Nguyen Cao Ky, the former Air Marshal and Premier of Vietnam passed away six years ago this month. I got to know Ky during the final days of the war in 1974-75 when the North Vietnamese were rolling south almost unimpeded. Eventually, they encircled Saigon and thousands of Vietnamese, including …
When I taught a class in foreign correspondence at the University of Illinois I was always saddened at how little knowledge of history my students had. I didn’t blame my students so much as I blamed their K-12 schools for sending them into the world with little if any …
COMMENT NUMBER ONE Whatever happened to the concept of the “loyal opposition” in America? The notion of a loyal opposition essentially says that a person can be opposed to the actions of the government or ruling party of the day without being opposed to the U.S. Constitution or the democratic …
We are hearing a lot today about the deplorable state of American journalism. Some, including former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and Fox pundit Sean Hannity, have even declared journalism “dead” in America. “Journalism that I grew up with that was focused on facts, has given way to advocacy today,” Huckabee …
Where in the world is Billy Battles? The answer is in The Lost Years of Billy Battles, Book Three of the Finding Billy Battles Trilogy. Here is a little taste of what readers of the popular and highly-acclaimed trilogy will find in Book Three. As Book Three opens we know …
During the past couple of months, I have received frequent inquiries from readers who ask when Book #3 (Working Title: “The Lost Years of Billy Battles”) will be available. First, let me thank those faithful fans of the Finding Billy Battles Trilogy for their interest and encouragement. Your support means …
Last week the Trump White House hinted that it might suspend the daily on-camera press briefings by Sean Spicer and Sarah Huckabee Sanders. “Maybe the best thing to do would be to cancel all future ‘press briefings’ and hand out written responses for the sake of accuracy???” President Trump wrote …
What has happened to America’s once free-thinking universities? What has happened to campuses that once fostered wide open debates on all topics, not just those deemed “safe” by school administrators or those that partisan and blinkered professors favor and endorse? Since when did students at colleges need to be provided …