July 29, 2010 RSS feed / Opinions

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Basinger came home from Normandy with warm memories

By LORAN SMITH columnist
With the passing of each D-Day anniversary, Don Basinger, who witnessed the invasion, reflects on his World War II experience, often recalling a vignette involving a young French boy whom he befriended. More...

WikiLeaks’ dump of classified documents will embarrass government, but will kill soldiers

By KIP BURKE news editor

A U.S. Army private is suspected of leaking thousands of classified military and diplomatic documents to an internet site, and now news media all over the world are publishing stories based on what they’ve found written in those documents. More...

Book Review

The Prince of Frogtown By RICK BRAGG Reviewed by PEGGY BARNETT

Rick Bragg, who has written about his family in two popular books, All Over but the Shoutin’ and Ava’s Man, has now dealt with his father. He was a hard man to deal with during Rick’s childhood and young adulthood. More...

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