Afghan Pilot Who Bombed the Taliban Now Flying Recon to Combat US Wildfires 5 Oct 2022 — Military.com|By Richard Sisk Former Afghan Air Force (AAF) Maj. Samimullah Samim, one of the thousands of Afghans who ran the gantlet of Taliban checkpoints and the deadly chaos at the Kabul airport gates to escape to the U.S. … Continue reading Afghan Fighter pilot Now Hunts Down U.S. Wildfires from the Air
Four days after the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Atlanta field office of the F.B.I. directed a memo to a trusted adviser of J. Edgar Hoover, describing plans for a “huge memorial concert” at the Atlanta Braves’ stadium with Aretha Franklin, Sammy Davis Jr., Marlon Brando, Mahalia Jackson and … Continue reading F.B.I. Monitored Aretha Franklin for Years, File Shows
“Oh, no!” He cried. “They’re back!!!” . . . And they’re doing it AGAIN!! . . . And Americans are paying attention . . . . . . And somewhere, even Lincoln is listening . . . . . . But there’s hope, Abe!
Gannett announces new cuts including mandatory unpaid leave and buyouts poynter.org — October 12, 2022 By: Angela Fu Gannett Newspapers will be requiring employees to take one week of unpaid leave in December and is seeking volunteers for buyouts, CEO Mike Reed announced in a staff-wide email Wednesday. The company also has paused overall hiring … Continue reading Bad News: Top Newspaper Chain Sinking Fast
I did a great deal of reporting over the last year and a half on the turmoil in the white evangelical church in America. And . . . I can’t underscore this one enough, because I’ve spent a lot of time talking with leading religious figures, scholars, academics, people who know this world inside … Continue reading Quote of The Week: Guns & “Religious Fervor”