The distinguishing factor in this year's election in Minnesota is how terrified our Republican candidates are of saying anything that might offend Donald Trump.
It's all the highway construction. But the fact is, Minnesota is a great place in which to live. I talk to a lot of people who have to move for reasons not of their choosing who go on how much they miss living here.
Many of our national holidays originate in war. The Fourth of July is a political holiday. No battles were fought, no one died. It was about freedom and independence, but not about sacrifice. It is the happiest of our national holidays.
In America, we just don't have the youth programs. As always, key players in this year's USA team are essentially European players, sometimes with only tenuous links to the United States.
I talk a lot about the dangers of politicizing trivial issues. But really the metaphors surrounding the reflecting pool are just too obvious to ignore.
Listen to this video.
"All of these things are like flashbacks to me...I forget a lot...but I still wake up once in a while, and it's still there."
- Charles Dunning, D-Day survivor. His firsthand recollection of that day, from 2004.
On D-Day, June 6, 1944, Charles Durning was among the thousands of Americans who stormed the beaches of Normandy. Today, we honor his legacy by sharing the Purple Heart recipient’s powerful firsthand account from the 2004 National Memorial Day Concert.
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One of the things I remember about Clinton is before they impeached him, they had to find a leader who himself hadn't been fooling around. They went through several until they found the unlikely Hastert who would later do time. "But what about that?"
On D-Day, June 6, 1944, Charles Durning was among the thousands of Americans who stormed the beaches of Normandy. Today, we honor his legacy by sharing the Purple Heart recipient’s powerful firsthand account from the 2004 National Memorial Day Concert.
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