As we see and hear our national representatives argue back and forth about their responsibilities to approve or disapprove judicial questions, we long for some sanity. ...more

July 19, 2009

Photos sent to us by Muslims showed prisoners of war being beheaded, dragged to death by speeding vehicles and hung by the heels under bridges. ...more

May 29, 2009

WASHINGTON Deceased POWs Now Eligible For Purple Heart An estimated 17,000 deceased U.S. prisoners of war could be awarded Purple Hearts under a new Pentagon policy announced Monday. ...more

October 7, 2008

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Previously unseen footage emerged today showing Republican presidential candidate John McCain as a proud, stoic prisoner of war in Hanoi on the day his Vietnamese captors released him to the U.S. military. ...more

September 11, 2008

As genealogy researchers, we want our reports to be factual, but not stiff and boring. A family narrative should show some feeling for the experiences of an ancestor. ...more

August 24, 2008

Thank you for taking the time to read this letter regarding Prisoners of War-Missing in Action Recognition Day. We should honor the men and women who served and sacrificed to keep our America free, and to salute the families of the missing who continue to keep the candle of hope alive today. There are too many of our people who are missing and unaccounted for from the wars which our nation has been involved in, going back as far as World War II. They are our military and civilians who are our mothers, fathers, sons and daughters. A lot of these wars ended a long time ago but we still should pause and remember their sacrifices. I cannot imagine how I would feel if I lost my husband or family member for this length of time, days, months and yes, even decades. They deserve an answer. ...more

August 11, 2008

In a Republican Party news conference call Friday to introduce a new John McCain campaign video, retired Col. Bud Day, a friend and occasional political spokesman for McCain, said the Iraq war is a repeat of Vietnam, and that Muslims "have said either we kneel or they're going to kill us." ...more

July 19, 2008

"Skeletons at the Feast," by Chris Bohjalian (Shaye Areheart, $25) ...more

July 13, 2008

The military trainers who came to Guantanamo Bay in December 2002 based an entire interrogation class on a chart showing the effects of "Coercive Management Techniques" for possible use on prisoners, including "Sleep Deprivation," "Prolonged Constraint" and "Exposure." ...more

July 2, 2008

John McCain has an unusual endorsement - from the Vietnamese jailer who says he held him captive for about five years as a POW and now considers him a friend. ...more

June 28, 2008