This Memorial Day, I’m honoring one of my heroes, James “Jabby” Jabara, United States Air Force, the world’s first jet-to-jet ace. Since I write so much about the Middle East, I should point out that Jabara was an Arab, of Lebanese descent. He was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, on October 10, 1923, and he died…
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In our republic, we get what we deserve
July 4, 2015
I lived in San Francisco from August of 1991 to August of 1993. From 1993 until 2003, I went back two or three times a year. I’ll never return. San Francisco is a laboratory for terrible ideas, but the residents view themselves as morally and intellectually superior to all who disagree with them. What some…
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