Michael Murry I lived through the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, but as a sophomore in high school I didn’t know much about it beyond the lurid newspaper headlines and heavy mouth breathing of U.S. government officials. We “won,” of course, but unfortunately the lesson drawn by successive generations of American officials — especially those…
Michael Gallagher The lead story in the New York Times a few days ago reported there is little or no likelihood that President Obama, our Nobel Peace Laureate president, will announce a no first use of nuclear weapons pledge, a declaration that seems to have met with a collective yawn. Though I lack the means…
Bill Edley TPC wants to welcome a new contributor from an unusual place. Inside the /Democratic Party. Bill Edley is a 35-year Democratic Party activist and former Illinois state representative and Democratic National Convention delegate. Bill is a raw meat “contrarian” just what the Democratic Party needs more of but then they are on a…
b. traven I remember that day in August 1945. The war was over. We were all in “for the duration.” It was not a ‘perpetual war.’ With the war over, so was our commitment to war. It started as just another day at the bomber base I was attached to. No sailors around. They were…
Don Rose Sports, the flag and the national anthem are so interlinked that an old gag has it that the last two words of the “Star Spangled Banner” are “play ball.” Furthermore, ignoring the rituals associated with the anthem – singing, standing, saluting or placing hand over heart are viewed in many quarters as a…
The Contrary Perspective 