by Wordsmith | Jul 4, 2020 | American Exceptionalism, Anti-Americanism, Constitution, Freedom, History, Holidays, Indoctrination, On This Day, This Day in History
Happy American Independence Day, FA readers! I don’t apologize for being American; but I do apologize for not writing up a better post during this time of distress and divisiveness. It feels like a segment of the populace wants to tear apart the very...
by Wordsmith | Oct 3, 2019 | American Exceptionalism, Military, military history, Obituaries, On This Day, Support the Troops, This Day in History, True Heroes
Gary Gordon. Randy Shughart. 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 the University of California, Los Angeles...
by Wordsmith | Sep 20, 2018 | 9/11, Afghanistan, Bush 43, Bush Exceptionalism, Congress, On This Day, Politics, This Day in History, War On Terror
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 the University of California, Los Angeles (graduating in the top 97% of his class),...
by Wordsmith | Dec 7, 2016 | Japan, military history, On This Day, This Day in History
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits Pearl Harbor today. I’m fine with this: The Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will not apologize during his historic visit to Pearl Harbor in December. A top Japanese official on Tuesday clarified that the purpose of the...
by Wordsmith | May 2, 2016 | military history, On This Day, This Day in History, True Heroes, Vietnam War
Figured this deserves more attention than just a “Most Wanted” post, even if my own commentary is sparse. He went back for that effing arm…. On this day in 1968, a United States Marine finally allows his wounds to be treated after a 3-day battle in...
by Wordsmith | Aug 30, 2015 | Bush Derangement Syndrome, Bush Exceptionalism, Celebrity Idiots, History, Katrina, On This Day, This Day in History
In honor of celebrating the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and to further perpetuate and promote the current Black Lives Matter Movement, Maxwell Strachan of HuffPo reflects upon the romanticized remembrance of Kanye’s finest hour, 10 years ago (in a piece...
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