Seven Score and Five Years Ago…
The New Editor: 145 years ago on this date in 1865, slavery was abolished in the US with the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution. WordsmithA former …
December 7, 1941
WordsmithA former fetus, the “wordsmith from nantucket” was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1968. Adopted at birth, wordsmith grew up a military brat. He achieved his B.A. in English from …
Friday Marked the 65th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
Tsuyuko Nakao, 92, right, and Kinuyo Ikegami, 77, both bereaved family members of atomic bomb victims, console each other as they pray for the victims in front of the cenotaph …
Politicizing OK City bombing to attack dissent to O’agenda
Spinning the lazy susan of political debate on the kitchen table around, this particular Hank Stuever WaPo article today, promoting Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC special, “”The McVeigh Tapes: Confessions of an …
On This Day – April 4th, 1968
In the evening hours of April 4, 1968 Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was struck down by an assassin’s bullet as he stood on a motel balcony in Memphis, TN. …
On This Day – [Reader Post]
Today we roll out a new feature here on Flopping Aces called “On This Day”. These posts will be created to chronicle important historic events that occurred on a particular …
10 Years Ago Today: Missile Strike On Iraq [Reader Post]
Four and a half years prior to Operation Iraqi Freedom a major air strike was launched against Iraq. President Bill Clinton on December 16, 1998: Heavy as they are, the …
Ten Years Ago President Clinton Signed the Iraq Liberation Act [Reader Post]
October 31, 1998 – On This Day In History Bill Clinton Released The Following Statement Today I am signing into law H.R. 4655, the “Iraq Liberation Act of 1998.” This …