(I omitted the last "S" because I know how delicate we all are)

Okay, we're mad already, they're mad at us, we're mad at them for being mad at us, and the rest of the country is mad at both of us for being mad at each other....

On November 4, 1979 a group of Iranian militants took control of the American Embassy in Tehran and kidnapped 70 or so employees. And on that day Jimmy Carter became a one term president. It took most of a year for it to manifest itself, but when election time rolled...

IN THE SPRING OF 2002 DR. STEVE FOSTER AND I STUMBLED INTO AVIATION HISTORY BY BECOMING THE ONLY TWO AMERICAN PILOTS WHO'VE EVER SURVIVED AN UNANNOUNCED LANDING IN CUBA


Our route from Key West International Airport to a dirt path...

In the Western hemisphere there exists but one small populational subset that is equally as poor and equally as needy as those who now inhabit Port au Prince. It is the half million or so Hondurans who live on the Moskita Coast, a geographically isolated region of the Honduran jungle...

Recently, at the behest of the gun lobby, a number of states have enacted laws allowing weapons to be taken into establishments that serve alcohol. Now, I do not know the arguments that were made to rationalize this idiocy, a moderately intelligent first grader can tell you why this is...

"The Worlds Most Famous Treehouse"

When I was five years old I had an epiphany. I found I could drive a sixteen penny nail through a two by four without banging my thumb, or bending the nail....

The bank robbery suspect was described as tall and muscular with blue eyes and blonde hair. He was the primary focus of a nationwide manhunt because he'd held up banks in more than twenty states. Because this man had used a vehicle to move from state to state, the Transportation...

Kabul, Afghanistan. Edwards at "ground zero" of the December suicide car bomb
that resulted in 65 casualties.

It was too bright, the sun was almost offensive, no cloud cover-this scene needed darkness, for Satan had been here. I was...

Kabul, Afghanistan -- "Mr. Edwards, We're not going to be able to get you to Jalalabad. Enemy activity has increased in the last few days, the troops are at it 24/7; and we don't have any televisions or audio/visual equipment at the Forward Operating Bases for you to show your...

KABUL- As one walks the streets of this ancient and haunting city, imbibing its culture and recalling its history, one can easily recognize why it has suffered all of it's life with a condition that can only be described as "perpetual dysfunction." But it is not a condition of its...