This is an excellent story about one of the best speeches in the last century. It is interesting that this good journalism comes from Great Brittan.

This piece represents excellent, insightful, well-researched journalism. I'll be interested to see if any or our congressional bright lights pick up this torch. I won't, however, be holding my breath...

Yes, the US squanders many hundreds of billions of dollars every year on "defense" spending, thanks to the military-industrial-Congressional complex. I agree with the writer that Eisenhower would not have been so stupid as to invade Iraq in 2003. And that the war was not brought on by the armaments manufacturers. The war was brought to the American people by the Israel lobby.

This article does a tremendous job informing people with information. Not only are they presented with text, the multimedia of the article also gives links to other articles related to the specific subject matter. Citing a historical political figure does wonders for readers who may be naive or apathetic to the current situation of this nation's government. Through making "Ike" the main subject of the article, readers can relate current information that may otherwise seem boring to a great leader of America. Again, this information is delivered on-demand through online text so millions can access the information at any given time. Thornburg also stresses on "Why" the particular article is significant. This question is ... More »