"I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, thus building a wall of separation between church and state." -Thomas Jefferson
Historians and journalists should get cracking to connect the dots between new details coming out in just-released recordings from both the Johnson and Nixon presidencies.
Study finds 75 million adults,42 percent of the under-65 population,had either no insurance or inadequate insurance in 2007, up from 35 percent in 2003
General Mark Clark signed the peace document ending the war (Korea), even though the official goals had pretty much been achieved he stated later "I cannot find it in me to exalt at this hour." (Clark was the first U.S. commander to agree to an Armis
"Faith and Values Debate"? What has happened to the Democratic party? Read the speech given by JFK to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association in 1960-- ahh the good old days...
New estimates for short- and long-term expenditures in Iraq skyrocket while we arm Afghan allies with Vietnam era weapons and equipment. Includes link to Video.
BBC: "The Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr has explained why he has not been seen in public for more than nine months. He has reportedly resumed his religious studies to gain the title of ayatollah."
The Army?s own fighting manual clearly states that success in counterinsurgency must come predominantly in the political sphere, there are no military panaceas.