(From Carlson's column, in the December 4 "Des Moines Register".) Was he "missing in action," or a "prisoner of war"? Bruce Adams said he was a "snot-nosed punk," a 12-year-old kid from Spencer, when his brother left for Vietnam. "I remember...

Review of a book, on the subject An Enormous Crime - Review 01 June, 2007 "Book: We Left POWs Behind in Vietnam Phil Brennan, NewsMax.com "An Enormous Crime: The Definitive Account of American POWS Abandoned in Southeast Asia" Author: By...

Fred Schaaf's book is very interesting. It's in the UNI Library, and there's an online copy of it, too. Fred Schaaf mentions that several stars have the name "Talitha," from the Arabic for "Third." I'm reminded of the following three possible...

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This is from the November "Atlantic" magazine: http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200911/brownlee-h1n1 Jean Hunt, of Shreveport, Louisiana, was a friend of mine, who died after a reaction to a flu shot she got in November, 1992. She was hospitalized, and...