I don't have a story about where I was or what I was doing on Dec. 7, 1941, but I remember Pearl Harbor ... even though I wasn't even born yet. ...more

December 6, 2009

Next week, our country will observe two celebrations, the 234th birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps on Nov. 10 and Veterans Day on Nov. 11.The Marine Corps birthday is the biggest celebration of the year for Marines. ...more

November 7, 2009

Republicans needn't trouble themselves to nominate a presidential candidate in 2012. No matter what, President Barack Obama will run against George W. Bush. Bush will be Obama's eternal foil. At this rate, when Obama writes his post-presidential memoir, it will be titled "An Audacious Presidency, or How I Saved America From That Bastard Bush." ...more

October 24, 2009

Former Vice President Dick Cheney is having elective back surgery at George Washington University Hospital. ...more

September 17, 2009

An audio-animatronic President Barack Obama made its debut on the Fourth of July at Walt Disney World. ...more

July 5, 2009

The University of South Florida women's basketball team were not among the 64 schools to get an invitation to the NCAA tournament. ...more

March 17, 2009

Wondering if his publisher liked the manuscript of "Les Miserables," Victor Hugo sent a terse note: "?" His publisher replied as tersely: "!" That was the nation's response to Barack Obama's inaugural address, even though - or perhaps because - one of his themes, delicately implied, was that Americans do not just have a problem, they are a problem. ...more

January 21, 2009

Faced with the unenviable task of facing the top-ranked Connecticut women, Northern Colorado coach Jaime White relied on a battled-tested methodology to motivate her team. ...more

December 20, 2008

The National Museum of American History reopens today after being closed for more than two years while it underwent an $85 million facelift. ...more

November 21, 2008

The main reason I am writing this column is that many people have asked me how I first realized I was suffering from a brain tumor and what I have done about it. ...more

September 7, 2008