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60th Anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis Finds Communist Island in Deepest Crisis Ever, Part II Oct. 15, 2022
During and in the aftermath of the historic mass protests of July 11-14, 2021, the Cuban regime unle... Read More
Reflections on 35 Years of Travel Writing Oct. 15, 2022
By Fyllis Hockman When my 15-year-old granddaughter, Talya, asked me what my favorite destination wa... Read More
Cayuga Lake Is a Great Girlfriends' Getaway Oct. 09, 2022
By Candyce H. Stapen We knew we had booked the right girlfriends' getaway as soon as we pulled into ... Read More
60th Anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis Finds Communist Island in Deepest Crisis Ever, Part I Oct. 08, 2022
Sixty years ago, on Oct. 22, President John F. Kennedy addressed the nation on TV with dire warnings... Read More
Truman Walks In, Hamilton Moves Out Oct. 05, 2022
Bye, Alexander Hamilton, you're out. Harry Truman, you're in. The gorgeous Capitol Rotunda statues ... Read More
Music to My Fears Sep. 28, 2022
Some 50 years ago, someone noticed that music seemed to dull pain during dental operations. Dentists... Read More
Why Trump Talks Nonstop About Witch Hunts Sep. 28, 2022
No American president ever posed as the victim of a "witch hunt" — save former President Donal... Read More
A World at Risk Sep. 24, 2022
The world faces the possibility of a Third World War, a worst-case scenario that could destroy the e... Read More
Once Upon a Time, America Then and Now: Reflections 1972-2022 Sep. 21, 2022
WASHINGTON — Three landmarks in time just took place. The Watergate break-in that led to a pr... Read More
Putin's Dirty War, Geopolitical Adjustments and Prospects for Future Wars, Part IV Sep. 10, 2022
Among Vladimir Putin's greatest fears is the further strengthening and expansion of the 30-member NA... Read More
Take a Tour of Agatha Christie's Greenway Estate Sep. 04, 2022
By Carl Larsen You might call Agatha Christie's Greenway Estate the scene of the crime — well,... Read More
Toward a Second American Civil War? Sep. 03, 2022
This column is the last chapter of my book, "If History Is of Any Value: Politics, Culture, and the ... Read More
Putin's Dirty War, Geopolitical Adjustments and Prospects for Future Wars, Part IV Aug. 27, 2022
U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS If we think of the 1970s U.S.-China rapprochement as a video, it began to play ... Read More
Outstanding Tour Company Makes an Egyptian Trip Unforgettable Aug. 21, 2022
By Fyllis Hockman Traveling through Egypt on Overseas Adventure Travel's (OAT) Ancient Egypt and th... Read More
Egypt: 6,000 Years of History Come Alive Aug. 20, 2022
By Fyllis Hockman I'm in Cairo, Egypt, on a hotel balcony overlooking the Nile River, a fantasyland ... Read More
Putin's Dirty War, Geopolitical Adjustments and Prospects for Future Wars, Part III Aug. 20, 2022
This is part three of a six-part column that examines global geopolitical readjustments since 2019 a... Read More
'Silents' Still Speak to Us -- The Best In Our Times Aug. 17, 2022
Historian David McCullough has left us at 89, a beloved storyteller of presidents and nation-buildin... Read More
Putin's Dirty War, Geopolitical Adjustments and Prospects for Future Wars, Part II Aug. 13, 2022
An examination of maps of Europe and Eurasia helps to understand Russia's geopolitical paranoia and ... Read More
Putin's Dirty War, Geopolitical Adjustments and Prospects for Future Wars, Part I Aug. 06, 2022
Back in March 2020, I commented on the possibility of new civil wars and international armed conflic... Read More
If History Is of Any Value: Revisiting March 2020, Part IV Jul. 30, 2022
My March 2020 column also offered prognostications on the worldwide political and geopolitical reper... Read More
