Vietnam
Muhammad Ali To Be Honored With An Airport Bearing His Name
“I’m not the greatest, I’m the double greatest” -Muhammad Ali One of America’s greatest patriots, Muhammad Ali, is being honored for living a life of courage, conviction and love. The New York Post reported this week that the Louisville Regional Airport Authority’s board voted ...read more
The Democratic Takeover of Orange County Is Nearly Complete
Yesterday Democrat Gil Cisneros finally took the lead over Republican Young Kim to become the next representative from California's 39th district. The district, which encompasses Yorba Linda - home of the Nixon Library - had been held by retiring Republican Ed Royce since 2013 ...read more
The Spark that Ignited the Vietnam War
Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc self-immolating in a protest against the U.S.-backed government of Ngo Dinh Diem. (Photo credit: Malcolm Browne) By Beverly Deepe Keever The 40th anniversary of the withdrawal of American troops from the Vietnam War was recently commemorated, but ...read more
The Price of Political Purity
By Robert Parry: In 1968, Sam Brown, like many of his youthful contemporaries, was disgusted by the Vietnam War which had already claimed more than 30,000 American lives and killed countless Vietnamese. So, he poured his energy into Eugene McCarthy’s anti-war campaign for the ...read more