Sparks Commentary

So I recently finished watching "Korea: The Forgotten War," which is a five-hour series from Timeless Media Group . (Not to be c...

One of the basic facts about China today is that most of it is communist - the part that most of us hear about. Thus, it surprises some p...

"He who ignores the lessons of history is doomed to repeat it." - George Santayana Soviets' first atomic bomb test, 19...

On both sides of the Atlantic (particularly in the English-speaking world), there is still a great deal of interest in  Winston Churchill ...

There's something about war heroes and statesmen that holds the fascination of many; and so there have been a number of  movies  about...

"The Buck Stops Here." - A sign on Truman's desk in the Oval Office It might seem strange to hear a Republican like me s...

The picture is of my Marine grandfather (1921-2011), who saw  intense combat in the Pacific  in  World War II . He never had loss of li...