Skunk Tracks

*** Memories: February 4th, 2015 Some of the topics discussed below are dated now, but the opinions are still the ones I hold about so much ...

* Christmas Day Truce 1914: Letter From Trenches Shows Football Match Through Soldier's Eyes For First Time - The Independent  ...

* Russia may be going broke due to falling oil prices; still, things in Ukraine are getting even more interesting with their vote...

* Coast to Coast Radio tonight is discussing the claims from several military personnel who have openly discussed the fact that thei...

* It seems to me that Russia is trying to go out with a bang, as it bankrupts itself while trying to prove that it is still a majo...

 * The reasons for joining the military are usually more complicated than patriotism, love of country, and sacrifice. The reasons for ...

* NOVA: Astrospies Produced by C. Scott Willis and James Bamford ". . . Millions remember the countdowns, launchings, s...

* The reality on the ground in a war zone (declared or undeclared) is often much different than the picture painted in the news media...

 * The Nazis had been defeated for many years before Germany's citizens could face their collective guilt for atrocities committ...

* H ow can we, as a society, get to a place where our government is not using drone strikes against merely "suspected terrori...

*    I wasn't yet born on December 7th, 1941, so no matter what my understanding of that historical day, the true meaning of it c...

* There are many differing points of view out there regarding why you should or should not say "thank you" to veterans on Ve...

* I have recently begun reacquainting myself with my old amateur radio hobby. While doing some online research over the last few days,...

* Without any doubt, the best assignment of my military career was my very first one. I was stationed at Chicksands, RAFB from Octob...

* Study Finds U.S. Drone Strikes in Pakistan Miss Militant Targets and "Terrorize" Civilians This is one of the best dis...

 * Today I came across this story on Yahoo! News about 13 year old Addison Logan, who bought an old Polaroid camera at a garage sale, ...

This morning I heard what I thought must have been the loudest riding mower ever outside. That or a street sweeper. A few minutes later I h...

 * Israel's unique dilemma in the Middle East has been a self-fulfilling prophecy from its inception. It is a shame that, in the name ...

*    Luke Tucker was a wrinkled, loose skinned man with scraggly, white hair when I met him in 1980. His arms were hairy and covered with ...