
A few days ago I was at an Apple store in Shorthills, N.J. I found out that only one person was between me and someone who fought at the Battle of Remagen.

Every now and then when I buy a cup of java at some coffeeshop, the cashier, unsolicited by me, will inform me that she's giving me a senior-citizen discount (yes, I have grey hair). Well, that's a pleasant business nicety - if you're not disappointed that you look old.

Michael Wishnia is a disabled Marine who was injured in combat in Anbar Province, Iraq and again in Afghanistan and has been nominated by the US Olympic Committee as Male Athlete of the Month of May for TeamUSA, the organization of all US Olympic athletes.

How beautiful it is when evil is punished in a manner completely appropriate to the attempted crime.

There's an easy way to learn German if you know these interesting correspondences between German and English.

A reader sent me the following 2 minute history of the world.

During the Nazi era Ernst Leitz, designer and manufacturer of Germany's most famous photographic product, saved Jews from Nazi terror.

I offer this amusing distraction for those of my readers who are tired of reading about our corrupt President.

This appears to be just an ornate little teapot but it is much more than that. You cannot imagine what's inside.

Before the imams gained control of the religion, Muslim Arabs built beautiful gardens modeled on those they found in Persia.