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Holding onto Faith Despite the Pressure to Let Go
It’s getting harder to hold onto faith. It’s a long way home and we’re tempted to wonder if we’ll ever make it–if home ever really existed anywhere but our imaginations. I remember learning about Tokyo Rose in WWII. Women broadcasters who spouted propaganda over the airwaves to discourage the Allied troops. “Give up. All hope …[ read more ]
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Airborne Threats to the Troops – True Weapons of Mass Destruction
Every war has them. The voices on the radio. Velvet vipers, serpent sirens worming their way into the minds of soldiers far from home, filling their thoughts with lies and enough half-truths to be truly dangerous. Different names for different wars. Tokyo Rose. Hanoi Hannah. Axis Sally. Luring soldiers to them with music from home, …[ read more ]
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Think You Know What Happened on Thanksgiving? You DO!
I thought we had escaped the holiday this year without the usual revisionist history lessons disguised as news reports but last night my local news carried a story about the confusion surrounding the ACTUAL events of the first Thanksgiving. This reporter apparently subscribes to the scattershot method of journalism. He managed to report that the …[ read more ]