Isaac Amend of Arlington, a graduate of Washington-Liberty (then Washington-Lee) High School and Yale University, recently had published a debut work of poetry, "When the Sky was a Canvas to Make Fun Of."
For information on Amend, see the Website...
Before World War II, the U.S. government’s intelligence community was “a tiny, tiny thing.”
But the period between 1940 and 1946 saw intelligence activity (military and civilian) grow “from tens of employees . . . to tens of thousands,” noted...
Arlington journalist and historian Charlie Clark has released a new book – “My Gap Year, Reinterpreted” – which looks back at the diary he kept at age 18 during a nine-month hitchhiking tour of Europen and North Africa a...
Icelanders prize boldness, adventure and self-improvement through working in faraway lands. They call timid souls who never stray far from their birthplaces “heimskur,” which translates as both “homebody” and “stupid.”
“A heimskur has never left home and therefore is looked...
When one’s family is plagued and nearly bankrupted by the recently deceased father’s scandal, is it better to stay silent and weather the storm, or go on the offensive to recover and pursue one’s best destiny?
Author Lauren Edmondson, who...
Retired U.S. Army Col. Steve Miska will discuss his efforts to rescue Iraqi interpreters during the U.S. pullout from that country during a book talk on Sunday, July 18 at 7 p.m. at Clarendon United Methodist Church, 606 North...
Former Virginia Gov. and U.S. Sen. Chuck Robb has had – and made – his share of good luck.
He earned top honors as a U.S. Marine in training, married a daughter of President Lyndon Johnson, led troops in the...
