Sadly, we "celebrated" the 39th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, the Supreme Court Case that made abortion universal in the United States. Republicans were in a position to get it reversed, but have blown it and it remains with us today. Women who would vote for Republicans but for the abortion issue should not worry.

True leaders could speak beyond our fears of dying and speak directly to our souls, that part of us that is powerful and invincible.

General Dwight Eisenhower endorsed the findings of a court martial against Eddie Slovik who was tried for desertion and on the 23rd December 1944 the soldiers execution was authorized. His was the first such punishment against a US Army soldier since the Civil War, he was also the only deserter to receive this punishment during the Second World War.

Gives a description of the planning and process of the Bay of Pigs invasion.

When I worked as a student-manager for the UW-Madison Football Team ca. 1969-70, I met a man after practice one day who has continued to play a role in my informal education. Though his name was Eisenhower, I did not immediately associate him with the President by that name, but maybe I should have. He’s continued to assist me with my work, though he died in 1985.