RN and the Christmas Tree of Peace

With Christmas a mere twelve days away, we are reminded of an American Christmas tradition that dates back to the 1920s when Calvin Coolidge was President of the United States: the annual lighting of the national Christmas tree. We are also reminded of President...

RN’s Support of American Allies

 In a Washington Post article last week, commentator Charles Krauthammer criticized the Obama administration’s response to the definitive foreign policy crises of our time, citing failures across the board on the three ultimate international issues of the past month:...

RN and the Day of Infamy

RN answered the call for service following the attacks on Pearl Harbor, serving in the U.S. Navy from 1942 to 1946. On this day, 72 years ago, Pearl Harbor was attacked and bombed by an Imperial Japanese Navy. On the anniversary of the “day that will live in infamy,”...

RN: The Abraham Lincoln of American Indians

On the night of May 9, 1970, President Nixon made an unannounced and unprecedented visit to the Lincoln Memorial after his decision to attack North Vietnamese sanctuaries in Cambodia. He spoke to the youth who had been camped there preparing for the next day’s...