In france, i had two uncles in world war ii. My dad served in the navy on my wifes side, her brothers served in vietnam. I learned much from them. It is really the vietnam side that opened my eyes in the late 70s and early 80s because by that time the time i was old enough to absorb things as a young teenager, the family members on my side were well beyond their service. I dont remember my grandfather ever talking about world war i. I dont remember my uncle talking about world war ii until i started doing this work in the and then i would take him everywhere and give him talk. He would spend memorial day at the concert. He unfortunately passed away. This past october. As did my brother in law who was a combat that in vietnam. Stayed in the army for 22 years. I learned so much from him and so much from my wifes two brothers. Theyve really got me thinking and so i got involved in the Vietnam Veterans groups in the 80s and in the chicago area supporting them. So, ten years later, i had an
Its a celebration of books and bookstore reading. You really know how to endear yourself to us. Of course michaels own fondness for books dates back to his childhood and he is a gracious reader as a kid and perceived his interest all the way through graduate school earning a doctor that and comparative literature. Instead of staying in academia he launched into what turned out to be a lifelong career as a literary journalist in the Washington Post book world session of 1978. 15 years later he wanted to surprise for criticism and stayed another ten years before leaving the paper to become a book reviewer, sas, feature writer. Hes continued to write a weekly column on books for the post. Anybody that has read his columns does how enthusiastic he is about all kinds of books, not just bestsellers. And what a mac he has for making others want to read those books. Hes offered a few previous books of his own including a memoir and a study of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as well as the collections o
As an extremely dangerous as it heads towards the caribbean and the southern United States. The duchess of cambridge is awarded thousands in damages after a french magazine published topless photos of her sunbathing. It is 5. 00pm. Our main story is that four serving members of the army have been arrested under the terrorism act on suspicion of being members of a banned Neo Nazi Group called National Action. The men were detained as part of a pre planned operation. West Midland Police say there was no threat to the publics safety. National action has been described by the home office as virulently racist, anti semitic and homophobic and it was the first extreme right wing group to be banned under terrorism laws last year. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Dominic Casciani is here with the latest. Eand e and what we know today. This morning we got a statement from the West Midlands Counter Terrorism unit saying that four men had been arrested, three of them in england, in birmingham, ipswi
Redskins cannot defeat the giants and miss the playoffs. One couple still came away from fedex field with a win. Thanks so much for joining us. Im kellye lynn, alongside josh knight. Or may need your umbrella extra time if you are heading to work or school tomorrow. Josh it will be a tough day, being off so long, and the weather is not cooperating. Seew places could actually a slim chance of ice tonight and early tomorrow morning, not many of us. The temperatures right now further to the west of d. C. , winchester 41, 31 hagerstown, frederick 32 degrees. Most places are above freezing. The will be these neighborhoods, pockets where the temperatures as the rain moves in, where its closer to freezing, there could be a little bit of ice. That will not be an issue for most of us throughout d. C. And the majority of the area, well above freezing. Closer to about 40 degrees. Frederick county, as we get further to the west from there, we have this freezing rain a. M. ,ry in effect until 9 10
David thank you everybody for coming out. This book,alk about the story itself. But i also want to make the point that this period is varied distant and its going , to sound like a time where society was very socialist and was very long ago. But in fact in 1983 the , university of chicago showed in a poll that 27 of americans believed they were in touch with the dead. And this was the National Voting research center, i believe. This wasnt about asking people if they felt they were having imaginary conversations with the dead. The question was do you , genuinely believe that you are in touch with spirits and you are hearing from them . As i mentioned, 27 of the people said that they were which would have translated to about 50 million americans who believe d that they were in touch with the dead. So that was in 1983. The time i am writing about is the 1920s. The other thing i will say about how close that era essentially is, is that when i was a kid i remember there was an ice cream par