Supporters of the Stars and Stripes news organization are sending a letter to members of Congress asking them to support funding of the 159 year-old institution, which was founded in Missouri in the middle of the Civil War.Kathy Kiely, Lee Hills Chair of Free Press Studies at the University of Missouri Graduate School, and Brian…
It was early 1972, and I had just been named information officer of the 3rd Brigade (Separate) of the First Cavalry Division in Bien Hoa, Vietnam. My predecessor had finished his tour and had returned to the U.S., so I found myself in charge of the information office as a first lieutenant, a job that…
President Donald Trump says the whistle-blower whose complaint triggered impeachment hearings is treasonous. So is Adam Schiff, chair of the committee investigating the complaint. And House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hates America because she is pushing ahead with impeachment. The president seems determined to prove Samuel Johnson’s adage that “patriotism is the last refuge of the…
“I do not believe that any one factor could have done more to sustain the morale of the (American Expeditionary Force) than the Stars and Stripes. – John J. Pershing, Commander, AEF, World War I “Free press and free speech. These are two great principles we are fighting to preserve. They are among the basic…