March 7, 2015 NEW YORK – During World War II, the very drunk American humorist Robert Benchley, decked out in a tux and top hat, came staggering out of the tony Sherry-Netherlands Hotel. A US Navy admiral in full uniform was waiting for […]
June 28, 2014 As we near the grim anniversary of World War I, let us remember the first great war of the blood-soaked 20th Century. Shortly before midnight on 8 February, 1904, Japanese destroyers and torpedo boats launched a surprise attack on the great Russian Pacific naval base at Port […]
April 26, 2014 Small wonder President Barack Obama’s hair is rapidly greying. Most second term presidents age rapidly from the constant pressure, tension, and need to make tough, painful decisions. This past week, Obama finally managed, after two cancellations, to get to Asia – the epicenter of his much-ballyhooed but […]
