This article was originally published in The Gazette out of Cedar Rapids, Iowa on September 1, 1939, the day Nazi Germany invaded Poland. Major General Smedley Butler spent 34 years in the U.S. Marines where he participated in fighting in China, Mexico, Nicaragua,...
US News The FDA added a warning to the Johnson and Johnson covid vaccine. The FDA reports at least 100 cases of Guillain Barre syndrome. [Link] A Marine received six months confinement and hard labor for murdering a Navy Seal in Mali. The murder happened in 2017 and...
There’s a 101-year-old law most Americans have never heard of, one that shaves tens of billions of dollars out of the U.S. economy every year for the narrow benefit of politically-influential shipbuilders, shipyard unions and shipping lines. The Jones Act does that by...
China Pentagon whistleblower Franz Gayl penned an open letter to Biden warning of war with China. [Link] The State Department approves the sale of F-16s and missiles to the Philippines. [Link] The US and China may hold talks on the sidelines of the G20 meeting next...
US News California will spend $100 million to try to help the legal cannabis business compete with the illegal sellers. [Link] Biden backs a House bill that will repeal the 2002 AUMF. [Link] USAID is giving El Salvador $115 million. About half of the money will go to...
US News Police departments are not turning over data on use of force. [Link] The US government will buy 1.7 million doses of the five-day antiviral treatment drug molnupiravir. The drug is made by Merck and does not have FDA emergency approval for Covid-19. [Link] The...
The king of Prussia, Frederick II ("the Great"), confessed that he had seized the province of Silesia from the Empress Maria Theresa in 1740 because, as a newcomer to the throne, he had to make a name for himself. This initiated a war with Austria that developed into...
The terms nationalism and patriotism have very similar and difficult-to-differentiate definitions, but are worth reflecting on a time when they are more popular than ever.
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