That this Wednesday will be the 70th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. And there’s the key …. 70 years later we still call it the “Japanese” attack. But 10 years after 9/11 political correctness dictates that we can’t call that the Islamic attack on America.
Now … if you’re on Twitter, I URGE you to follow @RealTimeWWII. The people behind this account are Tweeting World War II on a real-time basis. Right now they’re Tweeting the headlines from 1939 when the Soviets invaded Finland and replaced the Finnish government with a Soviet puppet regime. PIctured with this post is a Tweet that came through this morning.
It occurs to me (my cogent thought for the day) that this would be an excellent way for your high school student to begin following the real-time history of WWII. A lot to learn in these less-than-140-character Tweets.
Neal Boortz chronicles his 42 years of talk radio in his book "Maybe I Should Just Shut Up and Go Away" Available on line and printed from Barnes and Noble and Amazon.
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