News about the terrorist bombings in New York and New Jersey by an "Afghan-American," who obviously did not have a high opinion of his adopted country, was again awash in desperate official

Think. "The lesser of two evils" is no longer a valid argument.

With the U.S. mental health crisis growing by the day, the narrower issue of parents as enablers of mentally sick children is a dangerous issue that is not being addressed sufficiently. Consider these

When I fist joined steemit I just went on posting. Now, it appears, things have changed for the worst. I got this image from a young man who has just joined but is being stopped from posting: How can anybody

In a shallow trench somewhere on the Eastern Front, two German infantrymen look at the combat photographer as shelling produces plumes of smoke on their horizon. Note the man nearer the camera wearing

Two German soldiers on the Eastern Front don local fur coats in the absence of standard issue polar clothing for the German army. Undated. During the first Russian winter of the German campaign on the

Marshal Josip Broz Tito, who united the Yugoslav partisans in the fight against the Nazis, poses for the camera with his dog in June 1944. Tito ruled Yugoslavia until his death in 1980. Within a decade

In this news photo, Canadian fighter pilot Cliff Horncastle prepares to take off from an unidentified UK airfield. Horncastle flew the P-40 Tomahawk fighter and belonged to 414 Fighter Squadron, RCAF.

This man is after my own heart: "Merkel's Sidekick Says Brexit Makes Europe Unstable - Good, The EU Should Collapse." Way before Brexit, my feelings about the EU -- now rapidly becoming 'European

First ladies in the United States have no constitutional role. The first lady has no official duties. For all we know, she should stick to the household and being nice to visitors. The word "hostess"

Newspaper editors in the old days had two must-do prompts for their story tellers: Keep it SHORT, keep it FOCUSED. These prompts are as relevant today as in the 1930s. Unless you are a star reporter with

I joined Steemit two weeks ago. In that span of time I learned some and I still scratch my head on some. What's "hot" and "trending" and "active" and winning on Steemit? What

I am writing for myself and strangers. Gertrude Stein Indeed I do. Writing as self-medicine has been recognized by many. But few accept they write for strangers. Or, when they implicitly do, they speak

Latest poll from Pew Research (not exactly your paid-per-poll clown outfit) shows Hillary separated from Donald by a mere four points, viz. within range for statistical error. Now, if you follow the so-called

Here's the news story: I wonder. Every time a madman screaming "Allahu Akbar" stabs or blows up innocent people in Islamic fury he is miraculously discovered to suffer from "emotional

One of the most persistent myths of American diplomacy has been Turkey as the "key ally" of the West in Asia. The history of this myth begins in the immediate post-WW2 years, when Stalin was

Quick recap of Steemit news stories in the last few days. Steemit Is Like Reddit, But Where Upvotes Equal a Cryptocurrency Payout At present, Steem has enjoyed an explosive growth in value in only a few

WW2 - Quad Maxim AA gun on a terrace in Moscow

WW2 - The assembly war in a Soviet arms factory

As I said in a previous post, surrendering the Affordable Care Act (ACA) a.k.a. Ombamacare, to for-profit insurers could be the kiss of death for health care reform. Now, we have blatant in-your-face evidence