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03.02.2009 9:00 pm

Will Obama kill the Air Force’s F-22 Raptor program?

Can the F-22 outfly the sunset?

Can the F-22 outfly the sunset?

In his budget message last week, President Barack Obama proposed spending $533.7 billion on military defense. In an era of $700 billion financial bailouts, $787 billion stimulus packages and $1.75 trillion deficits, a half-trillion defense budget…

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02.27.2009 9:00 pm

Cold war: Prescriptions for decongestants are a terrible idea

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Cold War

Missouri legislators are declaring war on cold and allergy sufferers in a misguided attempt to combat methamphetamine abuse. It’s a terrible idea.
Senate Bill 160 and House Bill 623, both pending in the Legislature, would require a doctor’s prescription to buy over-the-counter…

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07.03.2008 9:01 pm

Freedom Flies: The Soft Power of the Berlin Airlift

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Sixty years ago last week, the Soviet Union sealed all road, rail and river links into Berlin. Millions of German citizens under the protection of American, British and French forces faced starvation.
It has the ring of ancient history today. But…

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07.03.2008 9:00 pm

More on the Berlin Airlift

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Video via YouTube by C54driver

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video via YouTube by UniversalNewsReels

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video via YouTube by der Amalgam

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Photos courtesy of Truman Presidential Library, Berlin Airlift Historical Society

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06.04.2008 9:01 pm

Thursday editorial: Covered, not contained

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About 1,800 U.S. military veterans die each day, 686,000 in 2007 alone. Most served during World War II. Others saw action at Cold War hot spots like Korea and Vietnam.

Long after the last of them has died — indeed, after…

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