Countdown to Tet Offensive / January 21, 2018

Countdown to Tet Offensive / January 21, 2018

The 50th Anniversary of Tet was Jan 30, 2018 With the approach of the 50th anniversary of the Tet Offensive, a wonderful review or primer is Episode 6 of Ken Burns’ 10-part series “The Vietnam War.” Tet was the turning point of the war. Journalists were caught off...
Memoir / May 21, 2017

Memoir / May 21, 2017

This beautifully written and poignant essay is a teaser for an upcoming memoir by NY Times reporter Jeffrey Gentleman, “Love Africa.” In it, he discusses “a rapidly shrinking sliver of an opportunity to bring peace to Somalia” in 2006....
Friends / May 11, 2017

Friends / May 11, 2017

Check out the Friends of Jenny (FOJ) website. They are a non-profit organization bringing to life the significance of the Curtiss JN-4 Jenny biplane a hundred years after it was conceived and test-flewn. Forever associated with barnstorming, the first mass-produced...