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Michael Stoll: The 5 worst presidents (according to historians)

Abraham Lincoln. George Washington. Thomas Jefferson. Franklin Roosevelt. What do they all have in common? They’re largely praised ...

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Michael Stoll: Read these … if you dare!

I have a confession… I’m a horror junkie. There are few things I like better than a good ...

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50 states, 50 heroes: In the kill zone

When Walter Keith Singleton was born Dec. 7, 1944, in Memphis, Tennessee, his father was a prisoner in ...

Opinion

50 states, 50 heroes: Ace of Guadalcanal

Born April 17, 1915, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Joseph Jacob Foss was 11-years-old when he first saw ...

Opinion

The Wide Angle: It’s pudding not pie

Let’s get ahead of the moment, shall we. This weekend, I will be turning off phones and TVs ...

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50 states, 50 heroes: Hell at Dong Xoai

Born Sept. 17, 1933, in Charleston, South Carolina, Charles Quincy Williams enlisted the Army in 1958. After completing ...

Opinion

50 states, 50 heroes: Drawing fire

Born March 19, 1924, in Cranston, Rhode Island, George Joseph Peters was one of seven children to Portuguese ...

Columnists

50 states, 50 heroes: Mad Dog

Born May 14, 1946, in Norristown, Pennsylvania, David Charles Dolby enlisted in the Army in 1964 at the ...

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50 states, 50 heroes: Bailing out

Born June 27, 1918, in Portland, Oregon, David Richard Kingsley was 10-years-old when his father died in a ...

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50 states, 50 heroes: Grace under pressure

Born April 2, 1922, in Bennington, Oklahoma, Jonita Ruth Bonham attended nursing school at the University of Oklahoma. ...

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50 states, 50 heroes: ‘Fire it’

Born May 18, 1915, in Cincinnati, Ohio, John Robert Fox was raised in Wyoming, Ohio. After attending Ohio ...

Opinion

50 states, 50 heroes: Self-sacrifice

Born Nov. 6, 1922, in Neche, North Dakota, Henry Gurke was the son of a German father and ...

Opinion

50 states, 50 heroes: Standing ground

Born Aug. 16, 1927, in Brooklyn, New York, William Henry Thompson was the son of a single mother. ...

Columnists

50 states, 50 heroes: Hershey

Born Oct. 6, 1925, in Gallup, New Mexico, Hiroshi Miyamura was the son of Japanese immigrants. As a ...

Columnists

50 states, 50 heroes: A life for a life

Born Aug. 4, 1926, in Madison, New Jersey, Samuel Streit Coursen was awarded an appointment to the United ...

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