American Heroes

San Diego, Calif. — More than four decades ago, while I was a Naval Academy Midshipman visiting this delightful seaport city, one of my summer reading texts was “Sufferings in Africa.” Originally published in 1817 by…

GEORGETOWN, S.C. — Here in the “Low Country” along the Carolina coast, where Francis Marion once drove British Redcoats madder than the noonday sun, patriotism is a serious topic. Thousands of young South Carolinians…

Washington, D.C. — This week in Islamabad, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf ordered commandos to assault the Red Mosque after a six-day siege against well-armed Taliban-supporting militants. Less than 24 hours…

WASHINGTON — On July 4, President George W. Bush told the troops and families of the 167th Airlift Wing in Martinsburg, W.V. that, “Our first Independence Day celebration took place in the midst of a war — a bloody…