Day 106: 2020 Pandemic. Why Do Americans Idolize Losers?

Today is the 144th Anniversary of the Battle of the Little Big Horn, or as the winners call it, the Battle of the Greasy Grass. Not so familiar are the names of the commanders on the other side who overwhelmed and massacred Custer and his portion of the Seventh...

Day 58: 2020 Pandemic. 75th Anniversary of VE Day

It was a good day, even while many, including my father, were still fighting in the Pacific Theater. Many historians have traced the origins of World War II. Most point to the awful peace treaty after the end of the First World War, which was the Great War, until...