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Cold War CIA director's longtime mansion sells for $30 million, smashing San Marino record
LA Times via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAn industrialist and California native, McCone built the estate in 1957, a year before serving as chair of the Atomic Energy Commission. He was CIA director under President John< ...
Daniel Ellsberg’s Moral Acuity Is More Necessary Than Ever
The Nation· 3 days agoDan knew what he was talking about. After working inside this country’s doomsday machinery, even...
Letters for June 15: Guns are not the problem; it’s the ‘abdication of child-rearing’
The Virginian-Pilot· 42 minutes agoRe “What we know so far about the Mount Trashmore shooting” (June 6): The senseless gun violence in...
‘This will not be 1968.’ Chicago police prepare for DNC as whole world watches once again.
Chicago Tribune· 6 days agoWhile similar concerns arose ahead of the last Chicago DNC in 1996, as well as the NATO summit in...
Mansion Built for CIA Director in San Marino Sells for $30M
The Real Deal· 3 days agoAn estate built for former CIA Director John McCone in San Marino has sold for $30 million, the...
Best-sellers | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette· 6 days ago1. YOU LIKE IT DARKER by Stephen King. In 1965, a nursing student follows her brother to serve during the Vietnam War and returns to a divided America.
Arlington National Cemetery Fast Facts - ABC17NEWS
ABC17 NEWS· 2 days agoArlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, contains the remains of more than 400,000 people from the United States and 13 other countries, buried there since the 1860s. More than three ...
Jimmy Carter set a virtuous example as president. To today’s voters, that may not matter
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIs virtue overrated in politics? Historians address that question by comparing the legacies of two...
In bestsellers, Stephen King leads summer vacation favorites
The Virginian-Pilot· 4 days agoBESTSELLERS: HARDCOVER BOOKS
Richard M. Nixon
Mountain View Telegraph· 1 day agoWhen Richard Nixon was elected in 1968, he declared that his goal was “to bring the American people together.” During his presidency, Nixon ended...