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The Defense Department will reportedly announce today that it is lifting the ban on news photographs of the returning of war dead to the U.S. Rather than hash the issue over again, here’s a column I wrote in 2006 about why this is a good idea.
As the HBO movie Taking Chance (based on a true story) demonstrated this month, chronicling the return of war dead does not inherently serve any agenda. But it does serve our awareness of the sacrifice war entails.
Richard Dawson, the wisecracking British entertainer who was among the schemers in the 1960s sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes” and a decade later began kissing thousands of female contestants as host of the game show “Family Feud” has died. He was 79.
The kids are the go-to demographic on the Fantasy, the newest vessel in Disney’s fleet of floating theme parks
As we prepare for the Game of Thrones finale, we recognize Joffrey and nine other baddies who showed us that terrible, horrible things can come in small packages
From Mitt Romney hamming it up to Halle Berry taking the crown, see stars on their prom nights
School kids run wild, under the influence of magic brownies, and so do Adrian Brody and Michael Chiklis in a couple of surpassingly weird performances
Highlights include Dolly Parton singing for Emily Maynard and one omelet named Shelly
