Our troops and their generals have to contend with our president and many in Congress who have deliberately diverted billions of dollars from the defense budget. Critical funds for our defense have been siphoned off for President Obama's government stimulus packages, bailout programs and many pork-barrel projects. ...more

November 4, 2009

Officials in central Virginia approved a Walmart Supercenter early Tuesday near one of the nation's most important Civil War battlefields, a proposal that had stirred opposition by preservationists and hundreds of historians. ...more

August 26, 2009

A. J. D'Amario of Hudson would rather see the government keep its hands off the private sector. ...more

April 15, 2009

Pull Our Troops From Afghanistan Editor's note: The following is an open letter to President Barack Obama: ...more

March 5, 2009

Senator Obama advises that the economy will get worse; so does my barber. I am not therefore surprised by daily reports of business failures, or by overpaid CEOs lined up with hands held out for government charity. But I was saddened and disturbed to read, this morning, that the venerable Tribune Co. is "at the edge of bankruptcy." ...more

December 11, 2008

The currently famous, four-star Gen. David Petraeus is coming to stay awhile in Tampa. ...more

October 31, 2008

A dig north of Rome has turned up the tomb of a nobleman who led Rome's legions in the second century A.D. ...more

October 17, 2008

An Argentine court convicted two former generals on Thursday for the murder of a senator during the country's seven-year military dictatorship and sentenced them to life in prison. ...more

August 29, 2008

The Middle East has been a hot bed of activity since the beginning of civilization. The transition from hunter-gatherers to agriculture depended on an abundant supply of water, thus the land surrounding the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, called the "Fertile Crescent," made this Mesopotamia area (today's Iran and Iraq) not just a heavily populated, multiethnic area, but also a highly enviable area. The kings who ruled the cities were not just interested in trading and raiding, but also in establishing dominance over each other. The historians have been on the side of the leaders, not the people. ...more

June 13, 2008

They are called "Raulistas" - top military men who manage much of Cuba's economy and populate the upper reaches of power. Today, these men likely will ensure that Raul Castro not only succeeds his brother Fidel as president, but also remains in firm control. ...more

February 24, 2008