Pearl Harbor

DECEMBER 7, 1941 At Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Imperial Japan awakened America. At that moment, the great republic began its inexorable march toward to genuine exceptionalism. Consequently, America Ascendant, the Rise of American Exceptionalism, documents the events of that fateful morning on Oahu that shaped the rest of …

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Glenn Miller Orchestra

AN IMPORTANT TRANSITION NICK HILSCHER Nick Hilscher has been music director of the Glenn Miller Orchestra from 2012 until the pandemic intervened. Previously, Nick and the band kept an exhausting schedule of appearances seemingly nonstop year-round. They have thrilled thousands of ardent fans from coast-to-coast and across the Pacific to …

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I Like Ike

THE EXCEPTIONAL AMERICAN “I Like Ike” was the successful 1952 presidential campaign slogan for Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the World War II Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, and Cold War commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. On September 17, 2020, the United States of America honored the exceptional American …

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Music for the Wehrmacht

GLENN MILLER’S GERMAN LANGUAGE BROADASTS “THE OWI AIMS AT FRITZ” “LONDON – The German Army, target of the “German Wehrmacht Hour” beamed out by ABSIE (American Broadcasting Station in Europe) is getting its first taste of OWI-supplied live popular music according to the New York office of the OWI’s Overseas …

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Rick Crandall

EXCEPTIONAL BROADCASTER AND COMMUNITY LEADER Rick Crandall is an exceptional broadcaster and community leader. Entercom Communications has announced at as of 8:00 a.m. on Monday, January 25, 2020, Denver, KEZW will become a sports station and end its long-running easy listening and oldies format. Consequently, our friend, colleague and his …

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Packing the Supreme Court

FROM FDR TO TODAY All Americans mourned the passing of the extraordinary and brilliant Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg of the Supreme Court of the United States. Moreover, related developments about packing the Supreme Court remind us of its purpose, importance, and composition. Likewise, as our Constitutional system of checks, …

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