Henry Alfred Kissinger was born at Fuerth, Germany on this day in 1923. He came to the US in 1938 and became a citizen in 1943. He spent a fair stretch at Harvard, getting his BA, MA, and PhD degrees before joining the faculty. He studied international affairs for many … Continue reading
Memorial Day is the time for Americans to reconnect with their history and core values by honoring those who gave their lives for the ideals we cherish. More than a million American service members died in wars and conflicts this nation fought since the first colonial soldiers took up arms … Continue reading
FORTBRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, May 25, 2009) – A bell rang out after the name of each departed Green Beret Soldier’s name was read aloud in memory of their time honored commitment and service. The U.S. Army Special Forces Command and Special Forces Association 41st Memorial Day Ceremony paid … Continue reading
Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born at Edinburgh, Scotland on this day in 1859. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh from 1876 to 1881. He served as ship’s medical officer on two voyages before opening a practice with a classmate which lasted only a short time before he … Continue reading
The prolific French novelist Honoré de Balzac was born at Tours, France on this day in 1799. Educated to practice law, by his early twenties he had written several novels under pseudonyms while working as a journalist. He bought a publishing firm and a printing company, but both failed and … Continue reading
Bertrand Arthur William Russell was born at Ravenscroft in Wales on this day in 1872, but raised at London after his parents’ deaths. Tutored at home, he entered Trinity College, Cambridge in 1890, distinguishing himself in mathematics and philosophy. During WW I he campaigned against British involvement and was imprisoned … Continue reading
On this day in 1792, 24 brokers, merchants, and auctioneers gathered under a buttonwood tree in Manhattan’s Castle Garden (now Battery Park) and signed a very brief document known as the Buttonwood Agreement. A quarter century later it was incorporated as the New York Stock and Exchange Board, four of … Continue reading
RELEASE NUMBER: 090514-01 DATE POSTED: MAY 14, 2009 PRESS RELEASE: Army Ranger killed in action U.S. Army Special Operations Command Public Affairs Office FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, May 14, 2009) — An Army Ranger died May 13 while conducting combat operations in Central Iraq while serving with 3rd … Continue reading
I had the displeasure of watching C-SPAN today, and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse’s Judiciary Sub-Committee on Administrative Oversight. He and his colleagues (“The Left”) have decided that a Bi-Partisan committee should investigate whether or not the Bush Administration’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) violated the law when they gave legal advice … Continue reading
There is a story making its rounds on the Internet about a fellow Currahee 2LT Brian Brennan of the 101st Airborne who was wounded in Afghanistan a year ago. The reason for all the hoopla is that the soldier woke from a coma a year later, after hearing the word … Continue reading