This transcript from the PBS NewsHour does not mince words when it comes to the origins of today’s American holiday: The movement for a national Labor Day had been growing for some time. In September 1892, union workers in New York City took an unpaid day off and marched around Union Square in support of … Continue reading Labor Day History
I’ve been reading the furor over Rumsfeld’s odd comparison of Iraq today to Germany at the end of WWII. Many people say he is calling his detractors pro-Nazi, but I think that obscures the more interesting fact that Rumsfeld continues to show his analysis is removed from reality. Could such a man ever really be … Continue reading Rumsfeld’s folly
ABC has a rather unsettling story about a drastic reduction in funds for treatment of soldier closed-head injuries, also known as traumatic brain injury (TBI): George Zitnay, a Charlottesville brain injury expert who is a co-founder of the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, told ABC News earlier this year that traumatic brain injury is … Continue reading US Troop TBI treatment funding cut by half
Abraham Lincoln wrote on February 15, 1848 Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object. With that in mind, take note of the Hizbullah leader’s reflections on starting a war with Israel: …Hassan Nasrallah said Monday that had … Continue reading Hizbullah plays age-old propaganda game