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The JFK-UFO Connection: Bogus Documents or Unanswered Questions?
By Lee Speigel - AOL NewsDo you like a good UFO detective story? Well, here's one for you. And it's ongoing, so we don't yet know the ending. It involves President John F. Kennedy's interest in UFOs shortly before his death and an allegation that he may have angered officials in his administration when he asked for information on the subject. Recently, the FBI opened a new website, "The Vault," that lets you view a variety of documents, including those regarding UFOs. I looked into one document that appears to include a phony UFO story and mentioned how important it is to be extremely careful when looking at UFO ...
Eisenhower, Kennedy, Reagan: Three Speeches, One Nation
By Carl M. Cannon - Politics DailyInauguration Day comes only once every four years, but each January we are reminded of previous presidential arrivals -- and leave-takings. This week includes both the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's inaugural address and Dwight D. Eisenhower's farewell address to the nation three days earlier. And because his 100th birthday is just around the corner, Ronald Reagan's 1989 farewell address lingers this year in the collective American mind as well. They are speeches worth remembering. The most ambitious of the three was the least artfully delivered. Dwight Eisenhower delivered his White ...
New Book: 'Military Industrial Complex' Is Bigger Than Ever
By Sharon Weinberger - AOL NewsThe nation's largest government contractor gobbles up some $260 from each and every taxpaying household, according to a new book that chronicles the history of Lockheed Martin. In "Prophets of War," longtime arms industry observer William D. Hartung calls this "the Lockheed Martin tax" -- a way of driving home just how much government contracting costs Americans. And that's just one company. "Prophets of War" (Nation Books) comes out at an auspicious time. It's been 50 years this week since President Dwight Eisenhower, in his farewell speech, warned the American public "of unwarranted ...
Why Are Elders Stirring the Tea Party Movement?
By Robert W. Stock - AOL News
(Oct. 30) -- The tea party skews old. Media descriptions of the conservative movement's protests are incomplete without references to a Walmart's worth of wheelchairs and walkers amid a sea of gray heads. Surveys of tea party supporters have found that half are over age 55 and something like a third are 65 or older. Why? Many experts have suggested that the elders were motivated by fear that the Obama administration will cut their Social Security or Medicare payments. But new research into the roots of elders' political and cultural attitudes suggests there may be other factors at work as ...
Republicans on the Other Side, What Say You?
By Robert and Donna Trussell - Politics DailyFollow the Trussell cartoons on Twitter at ChaosTheoryPD ...
Labor Day and Unions: Making America Work
By James Grady - Politics DailyThis Labor Day, America's unions face a back to school autumn that will redefine their relevance in our river of politics and power. The historic relevance of unions is easy to see: The country got a big boost through the success of union workers like public school teachers who, along with dog-hated mailmen, spend their middle-class paychecks and thus enhance our middle-class economy. Now America's whole middle class is in trouble. Pick your set of statistics or ideological argument from the left or the right to back up what all of us know: If you're stuck in the middle, you're holding ...
Did Winston Churchill Hide a UFO Report?
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsLONDON (Aug. 5) -- The British people had no shortage of foreign foes in the early 1940s. So it's perhaps understandable that wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill may have decided not to trouble the nation with news that -- as well as battling German Nazis, Italian fascists and Japanese militarists -- they might also have to take on another alien menace: little green men. According to allegations contained in a trove of newly published secret government documents, Churchill became concerned over the morale-sapping influence of extraterrestrial invaders in the latter years of World War II, ...
Stephen Ambrose's Work Faces New Scrutiny
By Scott Martelle - AOL NewsLOS ANGELES (April 26) -- The late historian Stephen E. Ambrose rose to fame on the strength of an authorized biography that he claimed included details from "hundreds of hours" of interviews with former President Dwight David Eisenhower. But Richard Rayner, a writer for The New Yorker, reports today that during his research Ambrose apparently had only limited access to Eisenhower, and that archived datebooks and other records conflict with some of the times Ambrose claimed he had sat down with the former five-star general. Bill Haber, AP New revelations suggest the late historian Stephen ...
President Obama One Year Later: He's Doing All Right, Considering
By Carl M. Cannon - Politics DailyIt's a rare day when liberals and conservatives agree on anything in Washington anymore, but when it comes to assessing President Obama, the conventional wisdom from right and left has coalesced into a similar story line: He's heading south, and his plummeting poll numbers and the fate of three statewide Democratic candidates who've run -- and lost -- since he took office proves it. Historical context, however, suggests an alternative view: namely, that other presidents confronted by similar tribulations facing the 44th president of the United States have also seen their popularity decline. ...
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