Commodore Dewey News Today

Excerpts from The News Journal the week of April 28 include Osama bin Laden killed, officers acquitted in Rodney King beating, FDR opens World’s Fair

An empire in debt is at its end.

U.S. battles Spanish fleet, FDR opens Worlds Fair, students killed at Kent State, officers acquitted in Rodney King beating, Osama bin Laden killed

The world’s largest fleet command, the U.S. Pacific Fleet encompasses 100 million square miles—nearly half the Earth’s surface—from Antarctica to the Arctic Circle and from the West Coast of the U.S. into the Indian Ocean.

A naming frenzy spread across the United States, as towns and streets began to be named after Admiral Dewey, the hero of Manila Bay.

Spanish-American War, FDR at Worlds Fair, Bannister breaks 4-minute mile, shooting at Kent State, killing of Osama bin Laden

An account of the American takeover of the Philippines, beginning with the US defeating Spain, and ending with it brutally suppressing Filipino resistance, written by Stephen Kinzer.

A sprawling military network across 4 million square miles and 560 million people in the Middle East undermines goals of security and stability.

Originally posted at TomDispatch. The bad news stemming from the ill-planned and ill-managed U.S. evacuation of the Afghan capital just kept coming in. - Andrew Bacevich for Antiwar.com Original

Pages of history: From The News Journal archives, week of May 2 View Comments "Pages of history" features excerpts from The News Journal archives including The Morning News and the Evening Journal. May 2, 1898 U.S. blockading Manila; Spanish fleet destroyed The stock market is booming in consequence of the victory of Commodore Dewey over the Spanish squadron at Manila. When the details of yesterday’s engagement are received they will be found even more exciting to general patriotism than the...