Melichar, Ken
Moscow was getting ready for its May Day parade and they had just completed building a float sporting a huge statue of Chiang. Moreover, Stalin had just sent Chiang a signed photo of himself. Now he realized that “the bad guys” were not “Jacobins for the revolution.” Trotsky was extr...
I had not publicly posted that I had started working as an IJ in the hope of keeping my head down and just getting to work and avoiding having a bullseye on me. Unfortunately, I was unable to avoid the political pink slip. This firing occurred despite the fact that the Immigration Court...
The Journal of Health and Physical Education praised Naismith as "a physician who encouraged healthful living through participation through vigorous activities" building "character in the hearts of young men." Basketball grew to be one of ...
There’s so much that Peter told us that I just can’t write it all down. About the Black Death, the earthquake that destroyed the old mosque and led to the building of the current cathedral, the ships that brought goods from all over the Mediterranean and beyond to Seville, the discove...
Yes, the historic limestone Quadrangle, the original structure and oldest building at Fort Sam houses a kind of petting zoo in the courtyard in the middle of three block-long ranges of buildings. That is, it would be a petting zoo if the current herd of nine deer were slightly more tame...
The winery was established in 1875, when German immigrants Jacob and Frederick began building the winery. The Tunnel of Trees was planted and still graces the front entrance road to the winery. The Rhine House, now the tasting room, was their home. Elegant but comfortable, I slowly walked ar...
Thousands of additional active duty troops are expected to deploy in the coming weeks and months, building on the initial tranche of 1,500 soldiers and Marines arriving this week, CNN has reported. A US military official said on Wednesday that the department will have to make decisions about ...
California Governor Gavin Newsom rallied Democratic members of the state’s California delegation as they steeled themselves for a Trump presidency in a closed-door lunch meeting over sandwiches in a Capitol office building Wednesday afternoon.
With four predecessors, several supportive billionaires and scores of elected officials looking on, Trump became president for a second time inside the same Capitol building his supporters stormed four years ago in an effort to halt Congress’ ratification of his defeat. I...