There was no point in asking my wife anything or filling her in about the potential mission. She would say no and very forcefully, at that. Then she would worry that I might overrule her and do it anyway. I would not. I was never going to step into the jungles of...
FROM THE WILDERNESS The Badly Needed Emetic By James Strauss Most people don’t know that Ipecac can’t be purchased over the counter in the United States anymore. That syrup was plentiful for most of my life, as it was used as something that was ingested, usually by...
THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS BALL Newsreel By James Strauss Today, November 10th, is the Marine Corps birthday, going back to 1775. Why has this birthday celebration become so popular and relevant in modern times. The Marine Corps, a relatively small military...
THE HERO FROM HELL Newsreel By James Strauss The New York Times doesn’t kill anybody on purpose. If only life were that simple and decisions could be made upon such direct and honest, although killing, truths. No, the New York Times kills Americans using a much...
OPINION/EDITORIAL THE THIRTEEN SAMURAI Thirteen American warriors died at a gate leading into Kabul Airport in Afghanistan the other day. Those warfighters belonged to the same unit I was wounded while serving in Vietnam so many years before. Sometimes those...