North Korea tests a nuclear device. More evidence of the interesting times that we live in.

Some perspective on the scandal that has damaged the British Parliament.

Merchants on the border are worried about the increase in the Mass. sales tax, and they should be.

Robert J. Samuelson writes something that has been obvious to me for a long time...that the only way we will see action concerning Social Security and Medicare is when the programs are actually bankrupt. Only then will Congress move to make changes.

Things you should know about the United States, and the U.S. Army, in World War II.

Finally, take a moment to reflect on the sacrifices made by the soldiers of that war, and all before and since, on this Memorial Day.

It is reprinted in many places today, but this poem, written by a Canadian in World War I, best reflects the sentiments of the day.

In Flanders Fields
John McCrae, 1915.


In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.