Boots’n’all
The Marine Corps is a component of the Department of the Navy, and maintains both amphibious and ground units for contingency and combat operations. The young graduates pictured here, have chosen to put their lives on the line for the defense and protection of the...
North, to Alaska, go north, the rush is on! In the 1960 movie, the rush north is to find gold. There’s a different rush to Alaska these days, the adrenalin rush of fishing and hunting. The gold came to an end. Is this rush more sustainable?
The Klondike gold rush was in 1896. Mining is still an important part of the present day Alaskan economy, which is based on oil production, fishing, federal and state (both civilian and military) expenditures, research and development, and tourism. The state has a...
The Price of Liberty is Eternal Vigilance A telling incident from Tel Aviv, the day Ronald Reagan died, June 5, 2004.
Above, the US embassy, Tel Aviv, Israel. It was coincidental that I was in that city on the day the news flashed around the world, that the 40th president of the United States had passed away, aged 93. I had no need of the embassy’s services. Being nearby and seeing...
Conquering the Beasts Red rock country in Utah is a favorite climbing playground for the serious business of taming the beasts of terrain and fear. A female climber show how it's done.
Agatha Christie’s Mystery, “Appointment with Death,” Never Solved the Greater Mystery of Petra The real mystery is what happened to the Nabataeans who built and abandoned Petra? No one knows. Planet Earth is full of history mysteries. This is just one of them.
Agatha Christie’s Appointment with Death is a 1938 novel and play that features the Nabataean city of Petra, in the country of Jordan, as a main setting. “Among the towering red cliffs of Petra, like some monstrous swollen Buddha, sat the corpse of Mrs...
