“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” —George Orwell “Only you—only you!—could manage to get shot in the ass!” The year was 1987. A group of middle-aged men sat under the umbrellas at the cheap fiberglass Read more…
Band of Brothers, Part 3: Into the Void “On the 22nd of April 1951, 350,000 Chinese troops launched their largest offensive of the Korean War. The attack broke the 6th Republic of [South] Korea Division that retreated 21 miles, leaving the right flank of the U.S. 24th Infantry Division exposed. Read more…
“Wherever those boys went, America’s enemies suffered” As I write, American servicemen and servicewomen are stationed in 150 countries around the world. It is their job to defend American interests and America herself. Historically, our armed forces have done this with great distinction and with little acknowledgment from those whom Read more…
Before I continue the story of America’s involvement in (and transformation of) The Republic of South Korea, I thought it might be in order to remind you of what we have done thus far on our Around the World in 80 Days journey and why we are doing it. I Read more…
Are you literally going around the world in 80 days?Yes. Oh, it may end up being 79 days or 82 days, but, yes, I am literally going around the world in (approximately) 80 days, hitting six continents and 26 countries. Every country featured in this series will be a country Read more…
Band of Brothers, Part 1: They Were Volunteers Have you ever noticed how, for the Left, journalists are the heroes? Think of all the movies depicting them as brave soldiers of print: “All the President’s Men,” “Spotlight,” “Frost/Nixon,” “Good Night, and Good Luck,” “Reds”—and these are just the ones that Read more…
ATW80+ DAY 531: Korea Where General Douglas MacArthur is Remembered I am still in South Korea. That’s country number 27 for those of you keeping track on the Around the World in 80 Daysjourney. At the end of the last article I stood on the DMZ of the Korean Peninsula. I told you Read more…
I sat half asleep in the front passenger seat of a Hyundai SUV looking out of the window listlessly, only vaguely aware of the countryside through which we were passing. The warmth of the car and the bright sunshine belied a colder and grimmer reality. I was jostled from this Read more…
Herman Melville, a travel writer of sorts, was not impressed with Lima. In his classic Moby Dick, Melville says of the city: Nor is it, altogether, the remembrance of her cathedral-toppling earthquakes; nor the stampedoes of her frantic seas: nor the tearlessness of arid skies that never rain; nor the sight Read more…
In 1831, French political philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville came to America. What started as a review of American prisons became an expedition to search out the source of American strength. He crisscrossed the country scribbling notes of his observations as he went. The result was his classic (and remarkably still relevant) Read more…