Bob Dole, Old Soldier and Stalwart of the Senate, Dies at 98
Mr. Dole, a son of the Kansas prairie who was left for dead on a World War II battlefield, became one of the longest-serving Republican leaders.
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Mr. Dole, a son of the Kansas prairie who was left for dead on a World War II battlefield, became one of the longest-serving Republican leaders.
Historically, presidential elections have been fraught with strange twists. Learn about 10 bizarre moments in presidential elections at HowStuffWorks.
Suicide of the West,1964. “We can get bogged down discussing all the changes by the Kennedy Administration that doomed the Bay of Pigs freedom-fight, which was planned under the Eisenhower administration with V. Pres. Nixon as its main booster. But the bottom line is that underlying all those changes was the American liberal’s guilt-complex. In brief, Kennedy and his people didn’t have their hearts in a mission to forcibly overthrow the communist Castro regime.” -- Author Humberto Fontova, during a question-answer session with House Committee on Foreign Relations, Capitol Hill, ...
“The liberal's arm cannot strike with consistent firmness against communism -- because the liberal dimly feels that in doing so he would be somehow wounding himself," said James Burnham in his classic "Suicide of the West" in 1964. “We can get bogged down discussing all the changes by the Kennedy administration that doomed the Bay of Pigs freedom-fight, which was planned under the Eisenhower administration with President Nixon as its main booster. But the bottom line is that underlying all those changes was the American liberal’s guilt-complex.. In brief, Kennedy and his people didn’t...
George Halas' Hall of Fame career began in Decatur The 1920 Decatur Staleys with legendary player/coach George Halas, front row, center. The team would move to Chicago the next year and become the Bears in 1922. George Halas is forever "Papa Bear," the man who founded the Chicago Bears as the Decatur Staleys in 1920. Company teams, particularly baseball, were common in the early 20th century, as wealthy owners sought a certain prestige for their firms. A.E. Staley Sr. was no exception, but he also had his eye on a new sport â football. Halas moved to Decatur and lived at 280 W. William S...