Billionaire investor Warren Buffett had some sage advice for Washington the other day. ...more

March 15, 2009

It's always great to see the stock market come back from the dead. But I am deeply worried that our political system doesn't grasp how much our financial crisis can still undermine everything we want to be as a country. ...more

March 13, 2009

the day after Morrison would have turned 65 - he appeared in The New York Times in two obituaries: his father's and that of the owner of the Los Angeles club, Whisky A Go Go, where Morrison's band, the Doors, got its big break. ...more

December 13, 2008

The Tribune gave the front page of the Views section on Dec. 6 to the anonymous "Matthew Alexander," who did not use his real name for security reasons. I wondered why. It struck me that Dec. 7 would be the 67th year since the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. ...more

December 10, 2008

With smoke still billowing from the torpedoed ruins of the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor, Thomas Griffin's B-25 group took off from its Oregon base to search for Japanese ships or submarines along the West Coast. ...more

December 8, 2008

For another generation, today's date brings up many of the same emotions as Sept. 11 does to this one. ...more

December 7, 2008

On this day 67 years ago, the warm shallow waters of Pearl Harbor were set ablaze with the oil of sinking ships. ...more

December 7, 2008

Approaching soon is Dec. 7, the anniversary of the morning aircraft and midget submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy began a surprise attack on the United States. Our forces at Pearl Harbor appeared to be utterly unprepared, and the attack immediately drew the United States into World War II. Many seniors remember exactly what they were doing then, and during other such life-changing events. ...more

December 3, 2008

A ceremony Thursday observed the 65th anniversary of the Nov. 20, 1943, start of the three-day Battle of Tarawa. The United States aimed to take Tarawa from Japan, which had controlled the island since Tokyo ousted the British three days after the attack on Pearl Harbor. ...more

November 21, 2008

Aging, frail survivors of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor gingerly sifted dirt as they helped to break ground on a new visitor's center for the USS Arizona Memorial. ...more

November 6, 2008